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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts


From: Marco Belmonte <marco () heavenlysanctuary com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:11:17 -0800

Can you let us know how you access the information you are seeing for Texas? I went to the website and can't find anything that allows me to actually view some data other than a twitter feed.

On 2/15/2021 5:53 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
Not as bad as Myanmar (14%), Internet connectivity in Texas has been declining today.  According to NetBlocks, which normally monitors government imposed outages, reports network connectivity at 68% in Texas.

https://netblocks.org/

Texas operates a separate electric grid, with limited interconnections to the rest of North America.  For political reasons....

For those with long memories, ENRON a Texas based corporation, once upon a time drove rolling blackouts across California in order to make billions.


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