i just tried and no probs.

This is the status on DownRightNow:

Current Status:

Likely Service Disruption

seems like a lot of users are having the same problem

http://downrightnow.com/hotmail

https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdownrightnow.com%2Fhotmail

sorry, i didnt see your post ^^^

Looks like I'll have to do some gardening instead. 😐

:^O Enjoy. Ill be taking the youngin's to Mums for a swim.

Hopefully its back up later.

i just received a message about some upgrade so maybe that has something to do with the disruption....who knows......but at least you know that problem is not from your end.

Hotmail is ending, you may be automatically sent to Outlook or be asked to sign up for Outlook.

i thought hotmail users had the option to stay with the old system.  do you have any latest info on this?

Apparently you can update to Outlook but at this stage you don't need to.

All I get is either a Service Unavailable page  or my Sign In page keeps trying to connect.

There's a problem with Hotmail right now.

Details

Problem

Some users may experience problems accessing their email. 09 Jan 5:18 AM

Updates

Fixing the problem is taking longer than we hoped. We'll provide an update by 09 Jan 7:20 PM. We apologize for the lengthy interruption in service. 09 Jan 3:22 PM

https://status.live.com/detail/hotmail