Internet outage history
Papua New Guinea
Operational 20/20 hosts up since Oct 16, 2026 10:00 UTC
Every disruption Blackout Map has recorded in Papua New Guinea since monitoring began on October 16, 2026, with reported government shutdowns and submarine cable incidents.
Overview
Last 90 days
Worst status per day, last 90 daysDaily reachability
last 30 daysOur probes · hosts reachable
last 72 hoursIODA · routes and active probing, % of normal
last 72 hoursLatency from our server (Germany)
last 72 hoursThe same measurements as the live panel, per 30 minutes. Times in UTC.
Incidents
All incidents
our probes and IODANo disruptions recorded in Papua New Guinea since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.
Attacks and context
Context only — they don't change the status above.
DDoS attacks aimed at Papua New Guinea · 7 days
Per hour; each line is relative to its own busiest hour of the week (100%). Context only — attacks never change a country's status.
- Web attacks from
- PNG DATACO 20% · Digitec Communications Limited 19% · Space Exploration Technologies 15%
Routing incidents · 7 days · Cloudflare Radar
0 possible hijacks of networks in Papua New Guinea, 1+ route leaks involving it.
Long-term history
Before our monitoring: IODA archive
71 incidents · 9 blackouts · 16 partial outagesOutages in Papua New Guinea detected by IODA (Georgia Tech) between January 2022 and the start of our own monitoring: drops in the country's internet routes (BGP) or in its reachability from IODA's active probing, compared with the day before. Each is checked against IODA's signal; small dips are left out.
| Started (UTC) | Duration | Worst level | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 03:30 | 20 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal |
| Jun 20, 2026 11:40 | 2 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 32% of normal |
| May 3, 2026 20:50 | 50 min | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 45% of normal |
| Sep 28, 2025 01:50 | 3 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal |
| Sep 8, 2025 15:00 | 35 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Aug 17, 2025 09:40 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Aug 11, 2025 07:50 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Aug 10, 2025 07:30 | 30 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 84% of normal |
| Jul 24, 2025 08:50 | 20 min | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 5% of normal |
| Mar 28, 2025 12:00 | 5 days | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 34% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2025 20:10 | 6 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 80% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2025 17:30 | 40 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 90% of normal |
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| Started (UTC) | Duration | Worst level | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 14:50 | 40 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 91% of normal |
| Nov 22, 2024 17:30 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal |
| Nov 18, 2024 05:35 | 23 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 90% of normal |
| Sep 26, 2024 14:05 | 6 days | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Jul 11, 2024 13:00 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Jun 17, 2024 09:30 | 4 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal |
| May 16, 2024 23:45 | 20 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Mar 26, 2024 04:50 | 7 days | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 77% of normal |
| Mar 10, 2024 17:20 | 4 days | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 57% of normal |
| Jan 14, 2024 23:10 | 3 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 74% of normal |
| Jan 14, 2024 12:20 | 3 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 71% of normal |
| Jan 14, 2024 05:40 | 35 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 87% of normal |
| Jan 10, 2024 08:50 | 20 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 75% of normal |
| Dec 28, 2023 19:25 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal |
| Dec 11, 2023 14:50 | 6 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal |
| Dec 9, 2023 17:50 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal |
| Nov 19, 2023 12:40 | 3 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 21% of normal |
| Oct 3, 2023 14:20 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal |
| Sep 29, 2023 00:10 | 4 days | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal |
| Sep 21, 2023 23:30 | 40 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 55% of normal |
| Aug 11, 2023 14:10 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal |
| Jul 28, 2023 14:10 | 35 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal |
| Jul 17, 2023 00:30 | 1 hour | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 78% of normal |
| Jun 14, 2023 03:20 | 1 hour | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 43% of normal |
| Apr 7, 2023 00:20 | 3 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 50% of normal |
| Mar 4, 2023 02:50 | 40 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 61% of normal |
| Feb 27, 2023 08:15 | 25 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal |
| Jan 30, 2023 15:00 | 3 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 55% of normal |
| Dec 2, 2022 08:10 | 30 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 62% of normal |
| Oct 8, 2022 02:05 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 90% of normal |
| Oct 6, 2022 22:30 | 5 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 90% of normal |
| Sep 11, 2022 01:20 | 10 days | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 39% of normal |
| Sep 8, 2022 05:15 | 40 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 90% of normal |
| Aug 25, 2022 14:25 | 8 days | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 87% of normal |
| May 29, 2022 02:30 | 3 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal |
| May 11, 2022 13:40 | 4 days | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 57% of normal |
| May 8, 2022 23:40 | 7 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 59% of normal |
| May 7, 2022 18:00 | 4 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 40% of normal |
| Apr 21, 2022 21:30 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Apr 20, 2022 11:10 | 4 hours | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 53% of normal |
| Apr 12, 2022 22:15 | 25 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal |
| Apr 10, 2022 17:55 | 9 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Apr 10, 2022 08:00 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 90% of normal |
| Apr 8, 2022 18:05 | 16 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal |
| Apr 4, 2022 09:00 | 20 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal |
| Apr 3, 2022 07:10 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Apr 2, 2022 18:40 | 6 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Mar 31, 2022 12:05 | 4 hours | Blackout | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 44% of normal |
| Mar 27, 2022 21:40 | 2 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 88% of normal |
| Mar 26, 2022 16:25 | 20 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Mar 25, 2022 02:30 | 25 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal |
| Mar 22, 2022 23:30 | 30 min | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Mar 21, 2022 19:10 | 30 min | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 66% of normal |
| Mar 17, 2022 02:50 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Mar 15, 2022 11:45 | 1 hour | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal |
| Mar 3, 2022 05:35 | 24 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal |
| Feb 19, 2022 14:30 | 7 days | Partial outage | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 70% of normal |
| Feb 18, 2022 21:10 | 7 hours | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
| Feb 2, 2022 20:15 | 3 days | Degraded | IODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal |
Government shutdowns and blocks
since 2019The Internet Society Pulse tracker has no recorded government shutdowns or blocks in Papua New Guinea since 2019.
Provided by Internet Society.
Submarine cable incidents
No submarine cable incidents recorded for Papua New Guinea.
Cable incidents: GeoCables (CC BY 4.0). Context only — they never change a country's status.