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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts


From: Robert Story <rstory () isi edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:04:26 -0500

See also ISI's [1] ANT Evaluation of Internet Outages map:

https://outage.ant.isi.edu/?zoom=6&lon=-98.100178&lat=36.512017&canvas=dark&ts=1613564040&speed=8&db=ostreaming&grid=1&splash=0&poi_scale=3

[1] https://ant.isi.edu/outage/

On Mon 2021-02-15 18:04:07-0800 Eric wrote:
See also, regional maps here. Thanks to CAIDA and the IODA project.

https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 5:54 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> 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. 



-- 
Robert Story <http://www.isi.edu/~rstory>
USC Information Sciences Institute <http://www.isi.edu/>


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