ThousandEyes recently released its weekly internet health report, summarizing global network outage events across various service providers. During the week of November 3 to November 9, 2025, there were 74 recorded network outages. This marks a 23% decrease from the previous week’s 96 outages, with U.S.-based outages dropping significantly from 45 to 25—a decrease of 44%.
Outage Categorization
- ISP Outages: The global number dropped from 60 to 53, while in the U.S., it fell from 24 to 15.
- Public Cloud Network Outages: These also saw a reduction, globally decreasing from 19 to 11 and in the U.S. from 14 to 7.
- Collaboration App Network Outages: Remarkably, there were no reported outages globally or in the U.S. during this week.
Notable Outages
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TATA Communications: On November 7, TATA experienced a significant outage impacting various regions, including the U.S., Germany, France, and others. This outage lasted for 15 minutes and involved intermittent issues with nodes in Paris and Los Angeles, which showed fluctuating conditions throughout the outage period.
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Cogent Communications: On November 3, Cogent faced an outage affecting multiple downstream providers. The issue was initially confined to nodes in Miami, lasting for 4 minutes but escalating conditions were observed that impacted a larger client base.
Outages from Previous Weeks
The report also detailed outages over the previous weeks, with an average trend noted:
- The week of October 20-26 had 199 global outages, a significant spike from the prior weeks.
- October 27 to November 2 saw 96 outages, but a bigger narrative emerged as U.S. outages drastically decreased week-over-week.
Conclusion
ThousandEyes’ data reflects service stability improvements, particularly in U.S. providers, with decreases in both total outages and specific disruptions within major categories of service. The focus for the upcoming weeks will be on maintaining this momentum and identifying causes of outages that still affect critical networks.
For further detail and historic data, refer to the full reports from ThousandEyes.
