Ashish Kedia, Intern 2015, Web Solutions Engineer at Google In August 2013, Google and all of its services came down briefly for 2-3 mins. And the whole internet traffic went down by a massive 40%. A similar incident also occurred in May 2009. Note that it was just for 2 mins. Imagine 30 mins. It’s highly unlikely but here is what I think will happen – First few mins people will check their internet connection. Some will even call their Service Provider. Some may even check for hardware failures on their side – which is still more likely than 30...
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