BLACKOUT MAP

Help us see every country

Blackout Map can only show what it can measure. In some countries we have a handful of hosts to check, so a real outage is hard to see. If you know those networks, you can change that.

What we can see right now

Cuba

2hosts answering, live count

Where we need help

Fewer than 10 hosts answering, or fewer than 3 networks, or a country where shutdowns are common. Live numbers from the last 24 hours.

Three ways to help

Host a RIPE Atlas probe

The best way, if it is safe for you. RIPE Atlas is an independent measurement network. Probes are free, and there is a software version for any Linux machine. We pick up new probes by ourselves every week.

Apply for a probe Software probes

Point us to a public host

A server that stays up and answers ping: an internet provider's DNS server, a university, an internet exchange or a public service.

Suggest a host

Send a public source

A provider's status page, a power company's outage map or a regulator's notices. They tell us what pings can't. Any country is welcome.

Suggest a source

What we won't take

How a host gets on the map

  1. Checked at once

    A public address, in the right country, on a local network, and new to us.

  2. Tested for 7 days

    We ping it every 30 minutes. It must answer 95% of the time.

  3. Read by a person

    Nothing goes further without our OK.

  4. On probation

    It runs alongside our hosts but doesn't count until it has proved itself. Even then, one host going dark alone is ignored.

Suggest a host or source