Second Life logins closed due to network failures
Since early this-evening, the Second Life grid has been experiencing severe problems, rendering much of the grid virtually inoperable for many users. Linden Lab reports that the cause has been determined to be "connectivity issues with one of our service providers."
After some signs of temporary recovery, however, things suddenly got worse, and the Second Life grid has been closed to logins entirely until further notice from about 10:15PM SLT (US Pacific time).