University of Missouri classes resume after internet outage

October 22, 2020 12:07 PM

Published October 22, 2020 8:24 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The University of Missouri Division of IT says it has resolved an hours-long internet outage that postponed all classes before noon on Thursday.

The university said in a subsequent update that classes resumed at noon.

ALL CLEAR. Technical issues have been resolved. Classes at MU will resume at noon. Report technical problems to 573-882-5000.
— Mizzou (@Mizzou) October 22, 2020

MU posted a message on social media at about 10 a.m. saying that all classes before noon had been canceled because of the campus-wide outage. The school had earlier canceled all 9 a.m. classes because of the outage.

Due to continued technical issues, Mizzou is postponing all classes that start before noon today. The MU Division of IT is continuing to work on the campus internet outage. Find more information here: https://t.co/P3sbsVd5Xx.
— Mizzou (@Mizzou) October 22, 2020

A website that reports the status of the campus information technology systems said just before 10 a.m. that systems were starting to come back online.

An earlier post on the MU IT website said Microsoft and Zoom should be available for off-campus use.

We are aware of a campuswide internet outage. The MU Division of IT is working to solve the issue. Find more information here: https://t.co/P3sbsUVv5Z
— Mizzou (@Mizzou) October 22, 2020

It's unclear what caused the outage.

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