AT&T Outage and Disruptions at Google Cloud, Front, and More

Load is a fundamental but, at times, challenging variable for networks and operations teams to handle. In the past few weeks, ThousandEyes saw various load-related problems impact organizations including Google Cloud, Front, several Australian banks, and Minnesota State University Moorhead. Tune in to learn more about what happened during these incidents, as well as hear our commentary on the recent outage impacting AT&T. Use the timestamps below to jump to the sections that most interest you:
 CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:59 AT&T outage impacts cellular services nationwide 04:40 Australian banks appear to lose online and app-based services for 24 hours 07:46 Google Cloud metadata store faces sudden demand spike 09:19 Front’s “large unexpected increase in web traffic” 10:23 Box experiences outage as third-party network component fails 11:23 Minnesota State University Moorhead’s case study on good visibility 12:44 Outage trends: By the numbers 15:35 Get in touch ——— For more insights, check out these links: - Explore the Front disruption in the ThousandEyes platform (no login required): https://aczocbxpamiipkdqnaqdedkytwhlfjtw.share.thousandeyes.com?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q3_internetreportpulse30_podcast - Internet Outages Timeline: https://www.thousandeyes.com/resources/internet-outages-timeline?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q3_internetreportpulse30_podcast ——— Want to get in touch? If 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: https://twitter.com/thousandeyes ——— ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT: This is the Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Tune 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. Then, the hosts dig into the most interesting outage events from the prior week, examining popular service outages and discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue? Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773 - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report