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Internet Outage: Comcast, Charter, Other ISPs Go Down, Not Working Across US

Update, 4:40pm ET: The majority of users of Comcast, Charter and Level 3 users are reporting their service has been restored. Comcast directed IBT to the comment provided by Level 3 on the outages, ... read more

Charter Internet Outages Blamed on DNS Problems

Whether or not the outages ... updates on Internet outages and other broadband issues by visiting Light Reading's broadband services content channel. At the same time, Charter is also planning to take ... read more

Time Warner Cable Hit With Early Morning Internet Outage

By 7 a.m., Time Warner Cable tweeted that it was "working to restore services to all areas as quickly as possible," but did not have an estimate ... for the time that Internet service was down. The ... read more

Time Warner Cable Internet outage fuels opposition to merger

Time Warner Cable’s nationwide outage early Wednesday, which left millions of homes across the country without Internet service, is fueling opposition to the company’s proposed merger with Comcast ... read more

State-sponsored internet and app shutdowns damage economies—and freedom

Just weeks ago, people around the United States suffered an internet outage following a technical failure. From Chicago to Boston to San Francisco, online business transactions halted, emails could ... read more

Google Stadia is a Net Neutrality Nightmare

In that time, in fact, Netflix subscription costs across the board have gone up. In all likelihood, it’s Netflix’s own ISP costs that have ... And then, when the flames die down, and the smoke clears, ... read more

Vandalism in Arizona shows the Internet’s vulnerability

It raised questions about the vulnerability of the nation’s Internet infrastructure. Alex Juarez, a spokesman for Internet service provider ... s just not a good thing.” During the outage, Flagstaff’s ... read more

How Egypt Switched Off the Internet

It’s an astonishing move, and one that seems almost unimaginable for a nation that not only has a relatively strong Internet economy ... from outsiders — or go further down the chain and switch off ... read more

TWC Internet Outage Follows $1.1M Fine

Time Warner Cable suffered major Internet outages across the US early Wednesday morning ... Get the latest updates on Internet outages and other broadband issues by visiting Light Reading's broadband ... read more

Pacific Bell outage affects Net, 911

For ATM machines to be affected as well, that's some serious outage. I hope you are joking because if ... and trying to figure out what happened (of course they're probably not happy working over 8 ... read more

So Who Shut Down North Korea's Internet?

In other words, they're not telling us jack shit ... And while we have various internet service providers that can send and receive data (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, what have you), North Korea has just ... read more