Join us for a recap of some of 2025’s most notable Internet outages and incidents, with key learnings for ITOps teams to take into 2026.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

03:16 An Important Nuance

05:16 Global Impacts

07:44 Architecture and Failure Modes

10:05 When DNS Is The Culprit

13:05 The Importance of Looking at Combined Signals

15:54 On Configuration Change Issues

19:23 Key Takeaways

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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 to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?

Plus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more.

Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:

- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526

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