Ask HN Is Verizon blocking access to Hacker News?

Try the ip address directly? news.ycombinator.com -> 174.132.225.106. Could be a dns resolution problem.

Good idea. I'll try it when I get back home.

I'm on FiOS and HN was down for me for the last hour or so, not sure if it's related. That wasn't a DNS error (I use GOOG DNS), just a connection issue.

I'm on Time Warner Roadrunner service and HN was down for the past hour or so for me too

Same problem here in the Philippines a while back.