Damage to Red Sea Cable Disrupts Internet Connectivity in Asia and the Middle East
Internet monitors reported over the weekend that significant service disruptions in Asia and the Middle East were likely due to damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia. It’s still unclear if this damage resulted from intentional actions. According to Microsoft, Friday’s “undersea fiber cutting in the Red Sea” led to “increased […]
Major US telecom providers say customers traveling overseas having connectivity issues
Soumyanarayan Sampath, CEO of Verizon Consumer Group, said he was very pleased with the company’s position in the Kurman countdown. With the holiday season in full swing, many Americans overseas are unable to contact loved ones back home. Several major U.S. carriers reported Thursday that customers traveling internationally were experiencing connection issues due to issues […]
Google’s Cutting-Edge AI Campus Has Awful Wi-Fi Connectivity
Google’s much-touted new campus in San Francisco for its AI team is reportedly grappling with the frustratingly ironic problem of terrible Wi-Fi connectivity. “You would think a world-leading internet company would have solved this,” said one employee. This is a scenario that seems too strange to be true. An employee of one of the world’s […]