For context, I live in the US, but I’ve read news in the past about India shutting down the internet in response to protests and also Iran…
So now I just assume the worst about everything…
Does anyone else think this way?
Yes. It’s pretty much always not any of those things.
After working for an ISP for a decade the first things I think of are
- Did I do something stupid?
- Did someone else do something stupid?
- Did an animal do something stupid?
I’d say it’s not weird to wonder, but it is a little unhealthy if that’s what you assume is the truth every time.
That said, how often does internet go out for you?
I live on the same grid as a hospital so my power almost never goes out, and live close enough to several cell towers my phone can use that cell service isn’t a problem.
So if my internet goes out, I assume my provider is having technical problems.
Not weird given the current state of things. Personally, the first thing I think of is DNS. isitdns.com?
Makes sense to me. When I hear explosions I wonder if it’s the start of a bloody conflict in my city.
“It must be fireworks”
goes back to sleep
Definitely not a homicide…
(I live in Philly… 👀)
Nope! If other nations can do it so can the US. They might be more localized and subtle or maybe they can track traffic on the internet well enough that they would prefer not to.
But it’s not the norm. Power goes out, internet goes out. It’s as likely that too many people using a network can overwhelm it if people protesting are trying to livestream and post a lot
As a non USian, I would assume it’s again another US company fuck up we need to get away from going forward.
