There was an article on mess.be that may be linked to this. I don't know if either of you saw it but it was about MSN's servers being down.
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MSN Messenger seems to be experiencing worldwide connection problems at the moment. MSN's servers report the following information about their status:
The .NET Messenger Service is temporarily experiencing difficulty. You may be unable to sign in. Please try again later.
Last Update: 1/23/2005 7:30:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT -8:00).
In the meantime, why not visit the Mess.be Forums where some deny the downtime.
UPDATE: Thanks to everybody worldwide for informing us about their connection statuses. The .NET Messenger server problems now appear to be over and we are expecting a public statement from Microsoft explaining the downtime anytime soon.