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CBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CBC
Global network outage hits Starlink
Starlink is experiencing a network outage, Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned satellite internet company said on Thursday, with Downdetector showing that the service was down for thousands of users. "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution," it said in a post on X. The service will be restored soon, Musk said on X. "SpaceX will remedy root cause to ensure it doesn't happen again." The service appeared to have experienced a "total outage" beginning around 3:13 p.m. ET, according to Doug Madory, an expert at the internet analysis firm Kentik. The outage is global and Starlink is not carrying any traffic right now, Madory told Reuters. He said such a sweeping interruption in service was unusual. "They haven't had one like this in a long time." There were 36,705 incidents of people reporting issues with the service as of 3:54 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. The satellite internet company is widely used in Canada's northern communities. Starlink has been credited with keeping groups safe while on the land and giving residents a way to access online classes and health services.
Russia Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Russia Today
Musk's Starlink suffers global outage
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service, actively used by Ukrainian troops, suffered a global outage on Thursday. The network went down at around 3:13pm ET (7:13pm GMT), Doug Madory, an internet analyst at the firm Kentik, told Reuters. Musk apologized on his platform X, promising to fix the issue quickly. 'Service will be restored shortly. Sorry for the outage. SpaceX will remedy root cause to ensure it doesn't happen again,' he wrote Thursday evening. 'Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution,' the company said in a brief statement. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
CNA
5 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Musk's Starlink says it is experiencing major network outage
Starlink is experiencing a network outage, Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned satellite internet company said on Thursday, with Downdetector showing that the service was down for thousands of users. "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution," it said in a post on X. At the peak of the outage, there were more than 61,000 users reporting issues with Starlink on Downdetector, a website that collates status reports from various sources to track outages. The service will be restored soon, Musk said on X. "SpaceX will remedy the root cause to ensure it doesn't happen again." Doug Madory, an expert at the internet analysis firm Kentik, said he was starting to see traffic come back at around 5:28 p.m. ET, after Starlink appeared to have experienced a "total outage" at around 3:13 p.m. The outage was global, Madory told Reuters, adding that such a sweeping interruption in service was unusual. With Starlink topping six million users worldwide, SpaceX is now focused on its nascent direct-to-cell business by adding larger satellites to its constellation to boost the network's internet speeds and bandwidth. SpaceX has launched over 8,000 Starlink satellites since 2020. It now offers service in over 140 countries and territories. "I'd speculate this is a bad software update, not entirely dissimilar to the CrowdStrike mess with Windows last year, or a cyber attack," said Gregory Falco, director of a space and cybersecurity laboratory at Cornell University.
CNA
5 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Starlink says it is experiencing network outage
Starlink was experiencing a network outage, Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned satellite internet company said on Thursday, with Downdetector showing that the service was down for thousands of users. "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution," it said in a post on X. The service appeared to have experienced a "total outage" beginning around 3:13 p.m., according to Doug Madory, an expert at the internet analysis firm Kentik. He said such a sweeping interruption in service was unusual. "They haven't had one like this in a long time," Madory told Reuters. There were 29,789 incidents of people reporting issues with the service as of 4.07 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
Reuters
5 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Starlink says it is experiencing network outage
July 24 (Reuters) - Starlink was experiencing a network outage, Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned satellite internet company said on Thursday, with Downdetector showing that the service was down for thousands of users. "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution," it said in a post on X. The service appeared to have experienced a "total outage" beginning around 3:13 p.m., according to Doug Madory, an expert at the internet analysis firm Kentik. He said such a sweeping interruption in service was unusual. "They haven't had one like this in a long time," Madory told Reuters. There were 29,789 incidents of people reporting issues with the service as of 4.07 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
