Microsoft vs Korea over MSN Messenger dispute

We all know that Microsoft and Korea have a 'special' bond when it comes to Microsoft software and once again Korea and Microsoft are at war and this time MSN Messenger is to blame.

Korea's top Internet service provider, KT is disputing with Microsoft when users could not connect to the MSN Messenger servers for several hours on Thursday morning. The rest of Korea were not effected by the downtime leaving KT in uproar when they discovered they were the only company effected.

Microsoft blamed KT's pipeline leading to their data center saying that it was the cause of the trouble. However KT spokesman Hwang Dae-woon claimed Microsoft were at blame because two ports were out in the United States. 12.6 million broadband users in Korea blamed Microsoft for the problem, when they found themselves not being able to log into Messenger for hours.

Microsoft were also accused for not notifying the company of the problem immediately and working on a quick solution. A KT spokesman pointed out how millions lost connections with friends and how businessmen were cut out of conversations possibly losing important contracts.

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