Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

Wed Feb 17 15:04:26 UTC 2021

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 at 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. 

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