Internet weather

5 Aug 2026, 00:00-24:00 UTC

1 new national outage and 1 new cable incident.

World latency index 99 (−1 vs the previous day).

The main points

Country outages

• Georgia new Major outage, reachable networks down 72%; started 16:10; ended 17:50, after 1.7 h

Submarine cable incidents

• Nigeria Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) new latency up to 9.2× normal; started 06:32; ended 08:32, after 2.0 h
• Taiwan Strait Express-1 (TSE-1) continues latency up to 3.2× normal; started 25 Jul 02:01; still open
• Matrix Cable System continues latency up to 2.2× normal; started 28 Jul 14:01; still open

Latency index

100 = the usual latency of each route. Above 100 traffic is slower than usual. Change is against the previous day and the same day a week earlier.

Chokepoints that moved most

• Tong Fuk latency index −7 to 91Week: −7
• Tanjung Pakis latency index −5 to 93Week: −3
• Maruyama latency index −3 to 94Week: −4
• Hachijo latency index −3 to 94Week: −4
• Isla Verde latency index −3 to 102Week: +2

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