2026 network outage report and internet health check
Cisco's ThousandEyes division tracks global internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers.
Cisco's ThousandEyes division tracks global internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. Read on to see the latest analysis, and stop back next week for another update on internet and cloud traffic performance.
The short version
- Note: We have archived prior-year outage updates, including our reports from 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , and the Covid-19 era .
- Internet report for June 8-June 14 ThousandEyes reported 528 global network outage events across ISPs, cloud service provider networks, collaboration app networks, and edge networks (including DNS, content delivery networks, and security as a service) during the week of June 8 through June 14.
- The total of outage events increased by 9% compared to the 483 outages from the week prior.
- Specific to the U.S., there were 306 outages, which is down by 4% from 319 outages the week prior.
What the source reports
Here’s a breakdown by category: ISP outages : Globally, ISP outages increased slightly from 265 to 269, a 2% week-over-week increase. In the U.S., ISP outages decreased from 187 to 154, an 18% decrease. Public cloud network outages: Globally, public cloud network outages increased from 132 to 171, a 30% week-over-week increase.
Why it matters
In the U.S., outages rose from 95 to 120, a 26% increase.
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