I am documenting the issues I am facing and hope anyone else with similar experience can kindly share.
1. interruptions began around afternoon of 9-Dec
2. using Chrome browser, I got an error message
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
3. tried pinging
www.sammyboyforum.com, got all data packets lost
4. later, tried accessing
www.sammyboyforum.com and got the home page. Tried logging on using userid and got same error message as above.
5. clear all cookies and cache; tried again and got same problem
6. tried using Internet Explorer, same problem.
7. at around 9pm 11-Dec, problem seems to have solve itself. Been logging off and on for the last 2 hours with no problems.
Are you also having similar experience, please reply and let all know. Administrators will probably need this info to troubleshoot. Hope this helps.