Insights From Outages at Starlink, Schwab & Internet Archive

Published: June 21, 2024, 11:32 p.m.

Three recent outages at Starlink, Charles Schwab, and the Internet Archive highlight key reminders for NetOps teams around backup options, the role of intelligence, and understanding your end-to-end service delivery chain.\n\nA subset of Starlink users were unable to establish a connection; some users of Schwab.com and its apps may have found themselves unable to transact or trade due to an authentication issue; and the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine were intermittently overwhelmed by unexpected traffic floods.\n\nTune in to learn more about what happened and why, or use the chapters below to jump to the sections that most interest you:\n\u2028\nCHAPTERS:\n00:00 Intro\n00:54 Starlink Outage\n07:35 Charles Schwab Outage\n10:20 DDoS Attack Impacts Internet Archive\n13:33 Outage Trends: By the Numbers\n16:12 Get in Touch \n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nFor more insights, check out The Internet Report blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-schwab-starlink-outages?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q4_internetreport_q4fy24ep4_podcast\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nWant to get in touch?\n\nIf you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at InternetReport@thousandeyes.com. Or follow us on X: @thousandeyes\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT\nThis is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what\u2019s working and what\u2019s breaking on the Internet\u2014and why.\xa0\n\nTune in to hear ThousandEyes\u2019 Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry\u2014was it the Internet, or an application issue?\n\nPlus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more.\xa0\n\nCatch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:\n\n- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526\n\n- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773\n\n- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report