Internet down for just 2 days - "Huge African Internet Outage"
Still no power in many network blocks in Puerto Rico after months - SNAFU
EDIT: Thanks for the title edit! It's more accurate that way.
Still no power in many network blocks in Puerto Rico after months - SNAFU
EDIT: Thanks for the title edit! It's more accurate that way.
On the scale of Internet outages, I agree, it's a whopper. Potentially affecting two dozens of African countries even just for 2 days is a big deal. It's still less important than several hundreds of thousands of people not having power for months. Which is reeeaaally bad. It blows my mind, actually, that such a thing is even possible on US territory.
While things are better, they're not great.
My mom is leaving her house open and our family further away and people she know that they can show up and load the washer and dryer. My grandpa brought his washer from his house. So that's 2 washers, 1 dryer running almost all day long. She's spending almost $200 more a month in power than she used to.
So Percent of Power Generation or Percent of Power Usage != Percent of People connected.
Interestingly, though, as an Israeli I already know that the "news" is designed to capture eyeballs and not designed to convey information. I know Africans who work online, this is potentially going to ruin them financially. However, having no power for months in a modern nation could potentially cost lives. Yet, no mention.