Update:

Google indicates that the problem was resolved at January 17, 2017 4:20:00 PM.

Update 12:00:

Google has acknowledged the outage and are working to correct the issues.  Status can be seen on https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=status.

Original post:

Some people are experiencing problems accessing Google Drive.  It is slow and sometimes does not come on at all but gets an error.  Support has been contacted.