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Yesterday's outage on the Verizon mobile network was reportedly caused by a software issue, and resulted in traffic levels 20-25% lower than the previous week.
See the impact at https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as6167?dateRange=2d
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2026
The #Internet shutdown in #Iran is now in its 7th day, approaching the duration of the country's December 2022 shutdown, and making it one of the longest Internet shutdowns on record.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
24 hours on and #Internet connectivity in #Uganda remains almost completely unavailable. Services were suspended by order of UCC_Official, with a "strictly defined exclusion list" permitting limited access to essential services.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ug?dateRange=2d
https://x.com/kyleville/status/2011376912804024813?s=20
The #Internet has now been shut down in Iran for over 120 hours -- more than five days. The country remains offline amidst ongoing anti-government protests.
Follow the latest status at https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
It appears that the expected #Internet shutdown in #Uganda has been implemented in advance of upcoming elections.
A message from @UCC_Official said the suspension of services would be effective at 1800 (15:00 UTC). At that time, we saw traffic from Uganda start to drop, falling 95% in under 30 minutes.
Cloudflare Radar data shows Internet traffic from Iran has effectively dropped to zero since January 8, signaling a complete shutdown in the country and disconnection from the global Internet. https://blog.cloudflare.com/iran-protests-internet-shutdown/
Iran's disconnection from the #Internet is now in its 5th day. A "whitelist" of approved sites will be reportedly be implemented, suggesting access to most external resources will continue to be limited/blocked.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
The #Internet shutdown in #Iran has entered its 4th day, continuing to isolate the country from the outside world.
Traffic volume remains near zero -- the artifacts of what little traffic is getting through can be seen at https://radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and-usage/ir
Iran's Internet shutdown is now in its third day. Traffic volumes remain extremely low.
Follow the latest status at https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
Now over a day into the shutdown, the #Internet in #Iran remains almost completely unavailable. Although some traffic appeared again around 10:00 UTC today, traffic levels are less than 0.01% of pre-shutdown peaks. Follow the latest status at https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#Iran has now been largely offline for over 18 hours. It appears that access to @1111Resolver was briefly restored around 10:00 UTC. Internal data suggests some nominal traffic recovery starting around 09:00 UTC, but volumes remain extremely low.
Just before 12:00 UTC today, the amount of announced IPv6 address space in #Iran dropped by ~98.5%, concurrent with IPv6 traffic share dropping from ~12% to ~1.8%, as the govt. selectively blocks Internet access amid protests.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/routing/ir?dateRange=1d#announced-ip-address-space
https://radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and-usage/ir?dateRange=1d#ipv4-vs-ipv6
In #Ukraine, the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts were targeted by Russian bombing that disrupted power. There's a clear drop in Internet traffic, especially in Dnipropetrovsk, after 20:45 UTC, falling by over 40%. Traffic recovered by around 04:00 UTC (06:00 local time).
The start of 2026 is a great time to take a look back at key #Internet trends from 2025 in the @cloudflareradar Year in Review.
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