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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts


From: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:04:07 -0800

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.


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