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+As you are probably aware, we've been facing some fairly major splits today as there have been issues between some of our major hubs. We've rerouted these and are working on tracing down the cause of any other splits. Please be aware, our staff are already hard at work on these issues and will resolve them as quickly as possible. Included here are 2 global notices about this matter.
+-christel(i=christel@freenode/staff/exherbo.christel)-
+[Global Notice] Hi all, we appear to be having some
+connectivity issues with our main US hub, as a result of