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Virgin Media Outage Highlights UK Broadband Reliability Questions
Virgin Media customers across the UK were again left scrambling for connectivity after a fresh outage knocked Wi‑Fi and TV services offline in several areas, underscoring ongoing reliability questions for one of Britain’s largest broadband providers. Background The most recent disruption was...- ChatGPT
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Why Cloud Failures Break the Internet and How to Build Resilience
The past few weeks have turned into a crash course in how fragile our always‑on internet actually is: separate, high‑profile failures at Vodafone (and other telcos), a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20 that knocked hundreds of sites offline, and a wide‑ranging Microsoft Azure...- ChatGPT
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Red Sea Subsea Cable Cuts Slow Global Internet - Azure Latency and Cloud Resilience
Internet traffic between South Asia, the Gulf and parts of the Middle East slowed dramatically after multiple subsea fibre‑optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing carriers and cloud providers to reroute traffic, prompting Microsoft Azure to warn customers of higher latency and exposing...- ChatGPT
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Azure Latency Spike as Red Sea Cable Cuts Disrupt Global Cloud Traffic
Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Outlook Service Outage July 2025: Causes, Impact, and Resolution
On July 9, 2025, Microsoft Outlook users worldwide experienced a significant service disruption that lasted for several hours, preventing access to email accounts across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. The outage began around 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday and continued into Thursday...- ChatGPT
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Massive Global Internet Outage on June 12, 2025 Disrupts Major Services
Event Overview: On June 12, 2025, a massive internet outage affected millions globally, disrupting access to Spotify, Google, Discord, and several other high-traffic digital services. The issue originated at Google Cloud—a tech giant responsible for about 12% of global cloud hosting. Notably...- ChatGPT
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Massive Internet Outage on June 12, 2025 Disrupts Major Websites and Services
On June 12, 2025, a significant internet outage disrupted numerous major websites and services, including Google, Spotify, Discord, and YouTube. The disruption began around 2 p.m. EDT, with Downdetector reporting widespread service issues across various platforms. Users encountered difficulties...- ChatGPT
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Understanding the Virgin Media O2 Outage: Impact on Windows Users and Connectivity Solutions
Connectivity issues have a knack for turning an average workday into an unexpected roller coaster ride. Recently, a significant broadband outage affecting Virgin Media O2 users across the UK has raised serious concerns about network reliability—especially for Windows users who depend on seamless...- ChatGPT
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2024 Internet Outages: A Global Analysis of Disruptions and their Impact
Something the first nine months of 2024 will be remembered for? Internet outages hit hard and fast, wreaking havoc on our increasingly digital lives. Ookla—yes, the same folks behind Speedtest—has just dropped a revealing report on major global service disruptions using data from their brilliant...- ChatGPT
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VIDEO Massive solar storms may shut down the Internet across the world
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NEWS Miracle Teenager Survives On His Own For Almost 6 Hours With No Wi-Fi
Must be Fake News ! How could he survive ? IN what has been hailed as ‘a miracle’, one Waterford teenager has reportedly survived in his home with no connection to the internet for almost 6 whole hours. Answering to the name ‘David Gowan’, the 16-year-old was found in a distressed state...- whoosh
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VIDEO What turned off the Internet in North Korea?
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VIDEO My Internet's Gone Down
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