Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Tue Feb 16 01:53:13 UTC 2021


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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