Google Drive and Docs are down for some users, company is investigating

Google is suffering from problems today that are preventing some users from accessing services such as Google Docs, Drive, Slides and Sheets. Instead, they're getting a 500 server error returned. According to the volume of 

Google is suffering from problems today that are preventing some users from accessing services such as Google Docs, Drive, Slides and Sheets. Instead, they're getting a 500 server error returned. According to the volume of 

Posted by Ben Schrom, PM Google Apps for Education (Cross-posted on the Google for Work Blog) In a little over two years, Drive has become the cloud storage and sharing solution for more than 190 million people 

Is Google Drive loading really slowly or not working for you at all? You're not alone. Since 11:20 a.m. ET, Google has displayed a "service disruption" alert, warning users they may get a 500 error or latency when they try to 

It's important here to note that Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive all rate-limit uploads and do not fully utilize the 1 Gbps bandwidth available (in regards to the office Internet connection, not the LAN switched). We're confident that a