I use a script that queries my JSON key to see if my miner is active and restart the service if its not.  I'd be happy to post it if anyone cares?  It is more for my hardware/software instability, but would work I think in the case that a miner doesn't reconnect after a pool restart.

Works here

I have no problem accessing mining.bitcoin.cz.

Just visited http://blog.bitcoin.cz/bitcoin-chat/ because i had the same problem. The answer i was getting: seems to be a peering issue of some ISPs, especially if you're looking from NL. Hopefully it will soon be over

ahhh - by the way, everythink is working again from my site

Please update to lastest cgminer, it has much better network layer and it can reconnect correctly.

There's no fee.

"No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it"

Using GUIminer, been mining seven months straight, first time I've seen this message

Is it the server or an issue on my end?

Watch this:

http://www.ltc-charts.com/period-charts.php?period=3-months&resolution=day&pair=ltc-btc&market=btc-e
(be patient it takes about 5 seconds for the chart to display)

mining LTC is now 5.35 times more profitable than mining BTC. Temporary, I'm sure of that... but..

slush - maybe it wouldn't be too much hassle for you to duplicate a whole single server on another IP and run litecoin on the backend. So that we could mine LTCs on your server instead of mining on some random pools?

no extra reward, just the warm fuzzy feeling you helped everyone get btc, including yourself