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Or cyber-hell depending on your point of view

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App-quiesced saves fail, workaround is to shrug it off

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Domain-name slinger keeps mum amid hours-long multi-service outage

Updated 123-Reg, which promotes its “award-winning 24/7 UK support,” as a selling point for its service, is suffering a sustained and ongoing email service outage – with Reg readers claiming the company has shut off its online support channels.…

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