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Over a two-day period this past week, major social media platforms\u2014Meta\u2019s Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn, and Discord\u2014all experienced disruptions. In the same timeframe, Comcast was also impacted by an outage that affected access to specific services and applications.\n\nMeta experienced issues with its log-in process, Discord navigated unexpectedly high load volumes, Comcast dealt with 100% packet loss in part of its backbone, and\u2014the following day\u2014LinkedIn worked its way through a backend issue.\n\nThese incidents each leave valuable reminders for NetOps teams as they seek to minimize downtime and assure exceptional digital experiences.\n\nTune in to the episode to learn more and also gain insight into the latest outage numbers and trends.\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2028\n\nCHAPTERS:\n00:00 Intro\n00:58 Comcast Outage\n05:09 Meta Outage\n09:38 Discord Disruption\n10:25 LinkedIn Outage\n13:22 DIRECTV Service Disruption\n15:25 Outage Trends: By the Numbers\n17:03 Get in Touch\xa0\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nFor more insights, check out these links:\n\n- The Internet Report: Pulse Update Blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-pulse-update-meta-linkedin-comcast-outages?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q3_internetreportpulse31_podcast\n\n- Explore the outages in the ThousandEyes platform (no login required):\nComcast Outage: https://afplzaqpehynhosldcqefycfhqqcrbzh.share.thousandeyes.com\nLinkedIn Outage: https://anxjzezcpptrnpodjucgzzixdkldguzm.share.thousandeyes.com\xa0\n\n- Internet Outages Timeline: https://www.thousandeyes.com/resources/internet-outages-timeline?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q3_internetreportpulse31_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 every other week for the Pulse Update series to hear from the Internet experts at ThousandEyes as they share the latest data on ISP outages, public cloud provider network outages, collaboration app network outages, and more.\xa0\n\nThen, the hosts dig into the most interesting outage events from the prior week, examining popular service outages and discussing what went awry\u2014was it the Internet, or an application issue?\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