Circuit breakers wipe out the Web

July 26, 2007

PG&E’s faulty equipment reveals the Internet’s vulnerability to a disruption of its power source

All it took to wipe out some of the Internet's biggest sites Tuesday was some faulty PG&E electrical breakers that caused a blackout in downtown San Francisco.

Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

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