Internet weather

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

Quiet day: no new national outages and no new cable incidents.

World latency index 102 (unchanged vs the previous day).

The main points

Nothing stood out: no outages, incidents or notable latency shifts.

No national outages in this period.

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 2.4× normal; started 15 Aug 08:01; still open

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.

Region	Index	Day	Week	Routes
World	102	0	+2	4 974
Europe	103	+1	+3	1 360
Transatlantic	103	0	+3	147
Asia-Pacific	101	0	+2	3 079
Middle East	105	0	+4	367
Africa	106	+1	+3	1 159
Americas	101	0	0	793

No chokepoint moved by more than 2 points.