Spotting human activity in internet usage data
Most people call an internet outage an annoyance. The researchers at USC's ANT Lab (Analysis of Network Traffic) call it a data point.
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Canada telecom execs summoned after wide service outage
The federal industry minister said Sunday he is summoning telecom executives following an outage at Rogers Communications Inc. that disrupted mobile and Internet services across Canada, hampering several crucial services.
Jul 11, 2022
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Problem at US telecoms giant causes global internet outages
A bug involving US-based telecoms giant CenturyLink briefly interrupted internet service in several global markets Sunday, affecting popular streaming services, gaming platforms and webcasts of European soccer, the company ...
Aug 30, 2020
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A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet. An electrical engineer explains how
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able to operate equipment ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Global internet outage points to weakness of the cloud infrastructure, says expert
After the massive internet outage Tuesday that shut down websites and apps across the world, Virginia Tech computer scientist Ali Butt says the incident points to the weakness of the cloud infrastructure upon which many prominent ...
Jun 10, 2021
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'It's just tragic': After days without internet, cell service, Southwestern residents feel endangered
Within minutes of losing cellphone and internet service, residents in a remote swath of Arizona were quick to come up with theories about why.
Jun 20, 2022
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Canada: Outage leaves many without mobile, internet service
A widespread network outage from Rogers Communications Inc. left many Canadian customers without mobile and internet service Friday and caused problems for police, courthouses, passport offices and other facilities.
Jul 8, 2022
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Is Twitter down? Service appears to return after outage
Twitter appears to be returning for some users after experiencing an hourlong outage that affected both its app and website on Thursday.
Jul 14, 2022
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Twitter experiences outage Thursday, thousands of users around the world report
Twitter appears to be returning from a global outage after thousands of users around the world reported early Thursday that the social media platform was unavailable to them.
Jul 14, 2022
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Widespread internet outages hit northeast U.S.
Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue.
Jan 26, 2021
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