A massive internet outage occurred in parts of Kenya, coinciding with violent protests. Experts are investigating whether the outage was caused by an undersea cable issue. Safaricom CEO addresses the network outage, attributing it to reduced bandwidth on key internet traffic cables. Netblocks reports no physical subsea cable damage identified, with the impact in Kenya higher than past cable cuts.
Analysis from Netblocks on the internet outage during the Finance Bill protests shows that no physical subsea cable damage had been identified yet. There seems to be more to this subsea cable story. https://t.co/3UqUJZJUsL
⚠️ NETBLOCKS INTERNET MONITOR ON INTERNET DISRUPTION IN KENYA: KENYA IMPACT HIGHER THAN IN PAST CABLE CUTS
⚠️ NETBLOCKS INTERNET MONITOR: NO PHYSICAL SUBSEA CABLE DAMAGE YET IDENTIFIED IN KENYA
A new visualization of yesterday's internet disruption in #Kenya during protests shows domestic and downstream country impacts. Key findings: * No physical subsea cable damage yet identified * Kenya impact higher than in past cable cuts * MTN Uganda attributes outage to Kenya https://t.co/GBsPQPOFlH
SAFARICOM CEO Peter Ndegwa addresses network outage amid anti-tax protests, attributes internet to reduced bandwidth on key internet traffic cables. Assures efforts are underway to quickly restore services. https://t.co/4Iqy9nIPBY
Internet traffic in Kenya has returned to normal levels after an internet outage coincided with violent protests Doug Madory [@DougMadory], Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, says they are still trying to verify the claim that the outage was due to an undersea cable issue https://t.co/YTcgyi28VG https://t.co/f2f9UHvERH
Massive internet outage reported in parts of Kenya https://t.co/tfZabsuzBK