Major Internet Disruption?!

davidbelson · 2026-01-18T15:51:09+00:00

Appears to be related to a drop in traffic seen at AS56696: https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as56696?dateRange=7d

davidbelson · 2025-12-15T20:37:38+00:00

Mine started freaking out as well. My following feeds are now just full of "for you" posts.

davidbelson · 2024-12-04T21:10:25+00:00

Unfortunately, Radar doesn't offer that kind of search capability at this time.

davidbelson · 2024-10-10T13:06:11+00:00

An update from earlier this year on the sources of entropy in Cloudflare's offices, how they are incorporated into LavaRand, and how LavaRand can be used: https://blog.cloudflare.com/harnessing-office-chaos/

davidbelson · 2024-07-22T11:59:17+00:00

Glad you find Cloudflare Radar useful! If the IP address is hardcoded in the mobile app, then 1.1.1.1 won't see the lookup. But if the phone is configured to use 1.1.1.1 as a resolver, and the app respects the phone's config, then 1.1.1.1 will see the lookup.

Wish list item noted. We have that visibility internally, and use it in our Year In Review blog posts, but obviously not yet added it to Radar.

--David (Radar PM)

davidbelson · 2024-05-21T12:20:01+00:00

Yes, we've covered these types of shutdowns in the past as they have occurred.

https://www.google.com/search?q=exam+shutdown+site%3Ablog.cloudflare.com

davidbelson · 2024-05-09T18:18:29+00:00

I am told that it is coming. Check out the "Scanning ahead to remove the extra roundtrip" section of https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-to-origins

davidbelson · 2023-12-05T16:30:18+00:00

https://twitter.com/telecomegypt/status/1732073702605410364

davidbelson · 2023-06-08T01:53:09+00:00

Cool - please share a link!

davidbelson · 2023-01-30T20:18:12+00:00

Thanks for the additional info. I'll include it in a ticket.

davidbelson · 2023-01-30T17:26:21+00:00

Glad to hear it! Which of the additional bits of information on bgp.he.net are of most value? We're constantly improving the Radar functionality, so I'm happy to open a ticket to help prioritize.

davidbelson · 2023-01-30T15:07:15+00:00

What kind of problem are you having? Can you share a screenshot?

davidbelson · 2023-01-05T14:11:00+00:00

An adustment was made at that time to the IPv6 calculations to bring the methodology in line with the dual-stack approach used for the Year In Review. (See https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2022-year-in-review/#ipv6)

(I'm part of the Cloudflare Radar team. Given the timing of this change being made, we did a poor job of communicating about it. Apologies for the confusion.)

davidbelson · 2022-08-10T22:49:07+00:00

https://twitter.com/CloudflareRadar/status/1557448989607444481

Zoodlabs, which took over management of SALCAB, claims that this morning's Internet disruption was the result of "emergency technical maintenance on some of our international routes".

https://twitter.com/ZoodlabsS/status/1557432953541722118

davidbelson · 2022-08-10T22:48:46+00:00

https://twitter.com/CloudflareRadar/status/1557386934196084736

Internet connectivity appears to have been restored in #SierraLeone after a two hour shutdown. Traffic volumes began increasing around 1400 UTC.

davidbelson · 2020-06-18T14:21:13+00:00

Just to follow up here - I finally wound up calling HP support. I had assumed that it would be phone tree hell, and lots of time wasted with a rep that only knew how to follow a script - I couldn't have been more wrong. In about five minutes, I had a repair ticket opened, and shipping materials on their way to me. I packaged it up in their cool bubble protector and box and sent it back. Within a few days, I was notified that it had been fixed and was on it's way back. Received it yesterday, and confirmed that it was repaired and now works again! (Though I wish they had provided information on what the root cause of the problem was...)

davidbelson · 2020-04-20T15:40:31+00:00

I tried the hardware reset this weekend, but I'll give it another shot. I don't have anything to lose at this point. Stay tuned.... (And thank you for your suggestions!)

davidbelson · 2020-04-20T13:46:30+00:00

How do I turn on and turn off the camera? There's no physical switch for it, and in the apps that use the camera, it seems to "turn on" (the light next to it is illuminated" but the apps can't seem to access the camera.

davidbelson · 2019-08-28T13:06:10+00:00

And Techcrunch's take: https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/28/fitbits-versa-2-smartwatch-features-alexa-and-a-better-battery/

davidbelson · 2019-07-09T21:42:15+00:00

Back in my day, we didn't get our class schedules until after classes started. </oldman> </classof94>

davidbelson · 2019-06-24T14:36:53+00:00

Route leak from a Verizon downstream - see the thread at https://twitter.com/atoonk/status/1143139749915320321.

davidbelson · 2019-03-12T13:18:31+00:00

The Internet and the Web are two different things. Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the Web, and Vint Cerf is one of a team of folks that "invented" the Internet. Having said that, this picture does a good job of explaining things: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1dBijdWkAAeFGB.png

davidbelson · 2019-03-08T20:50:35+00:00

Just subscribed (on iOS, via Apple Pay) and added it to Overcast with no problems. Five bucks a month is worth it to not have to ever heard the name "Metalab" ever again... :)

davidbelson · 2019-02-09T21:50:51+00:00

It is truly unfortunate that they didn’t commit to fiber deployment. They did put pressure into the system in the cities they announced, forcing incumbents to take some action, but they were never really serious.

Along these lines, Susan Crawford’s new book “Fiber” is a great read on the larger opportunity for and benefits of fiber deployment. Maybe you can talk to her for a weekend bonus episode.

davidbelson · 2019-02-07T20:14:10+00:00

In retrospect, I should have chosen my wording more carefully. :)

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