Reply #21: I am suspecting a long road before PSN is back

[Ohio Joe]

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/145395/20110513/sony-speaks-to-japan-about-playstation-network-outage-full-text.htm

A Sony statement given yesterday in Japan.

Some experts:

"
As we said the other day regarding the future of the service and its restart, restoration will be conducted in stages on a regional basis to ensure the safety of our customers"

Regional basis? And the next sentence suggests to me Japan is first.

"We are preparing to be able to resume service as soon as possible in Japan, and are now entering the verification stage for ensuring the safety and security of the network. Servers are going to be completely relocated to more secure facilities, and have further strengthening the encryption, firewalls and to give new customers peace of mind on the "PlayStation Network" and "Qriocity.""

Now entering the verification process? A week ago they said they were already doing that. Servers still have not been relocated? I've helped relocating small data-centers and it takes a long ass time, PSN has got to be huge and they have not begun yet... This is going to be a long wait.