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RNZ News
6 days ago
- RNZ News
One NZ upgrade causes internet outages in Auckland, Northland
Photo: Downdetector Customers in Auckland and Northland have faced a fresh internet outage. Telco One NZ has confirmed an "upgrade" it was performing caused problems for customers in Auckland and Northland for up to an hour from about 11am on Tuesday. On its website, One said some customers across the country may be experiencing a loss of their Internet and Voice services. "We know how important connectivity is for our customers and we're sorry for the inconvenience this caused. We will further review and learn from this issue, making changes outside of key hours wherever possible." Downdetector showed a spike in reports of outages on Tuesday morning. Spark said it does not have any network issues. The outage came after 'human error' caused a massive internet outage on 6 June, which saw many affected across the lower North Island. That outage lasted more than an hour, with an estimated 90 percent of customers in Wellington, Kapiti, Hutt Valley, Palmerston North and through to Napier impacted.
RNZ News
6 days ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Internet outages reported across the country
Customers around the country are experiencing internet outages. Photo: Chorus Customers around the country are experiencing internet outages. Outage website Downdetector shows a spike in reported outages for One, Spark and 2Degrees. RNZ is contacting those providers for more information. More to come...
CNET
6 days ago
- Business
- CNET
Google Cloud Stumbled and Unplugged the Internet: Here's How the 'Crash Loop' Began
Tobias Schwarz/CNET Last Thursday, a massive internet outage took down vast swaths of the online world, kicked off by issues with Google Cloud services and affecting sites including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, UPS, Pokemon and many of Google's own Workspace offerings. Google has since acknowledged -- in a lengthy post on its Cloud status page at the end of the Friday workday -- the technical issues that spurred the outage, which stemmed from a series of failures in how a new system management feature was set up and deployed. It also described the steps it is taking to prevent similar problems from occurring in the future. By about 3 hours after it began, the issue had been resolved and most sites and services had returned to normal operations. Late Thursday evening, Google issued a preliminary incident report on its Cloud status page, tying the incident to disruptions in its API management system. And apologized: "We are deeply sorry for the impact to all of our users and their customers." The Google Cloud platform supports a wide array of fundamental internet services, from networking to storage to AI, that businesses rely on. IT services company Cloudflare, describing how the outage affected its customers, said that "the proximate cause (or trigger) for this outage was a third-party vendor failure." Earlier in the day, as we all found ourselves blocked from accessing favorite services or necessary work tools, Google was noting that its engineers had "identified the root cause" and had taken steps to mitigate the issues. Still, some areas were not responding as fast as others. "Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1," Google said. Affected companies began noting that they were seeing recovery. By 2 p.m. PT Thursday, the Downdetector service was showing that the spikes in outages were largely past their peaks and quickly heading toward zero reports of problems. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, which is also the parent company of CNET.) Google noted at the time on its Workspace status page that its services were back up and running. "The problem with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice has been resolved," it posted at 12:53 p.m. PT. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support." See below for the latest updates and notes on individual sites and services.
CNET
13-06-2025
- Business
- CNET
Google Cloud Stumbled and Unplugged the Internet: Here's How That Happened
Tobias Schwarz/CNET A massive but partial internet outage wiped out vast swaths of the online world Thursday, kicked off by issues with Google Cloud services and affecting sites including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, UPS, Pokemon and many of Google's own Workspace offerings. By about 3 hours after it began, the issue was resolved and most sites and services had returned to normal operations. Late Thursday, Google issued a preliminary incident report on its Cloud status page, tying the incident to disruptions in its API management system. And apologized: "We are deeply sorry for the impact to all of our users and their customers." The Google Cloud platform supports a wide array of fundamental internet services, from networking to storage to AI, that businesses rely on. IT services company Cloudflare, describing how the outage affected its customers, said that "the proximate cause (or trigger) for this outage was a third-party vendor failure." Earlier in the day, as we all found ourselves blocked from accessing favorite services or necessary work tools, Google was noting that its engineers had "identified the root cause" and had taken steps to mitigate the issues. Still, some areas were not responding as fast as others. "Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1," Google said. Affected companies began noting that they were seeing recovery. By 2 p.m. PT Thursday, the Downdetector service was showing that the spikes in outages were largely past their peaks and quickly heading toward zero reports of problems. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, which is also the parent company of CNET.) Google noted on its Workspace status page that its services were back up and running. "The problem with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice has been resolved," it posted at 12:53 p.m. PT. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support." See below for the latest updates and notes on individual sites and services.
CNET
12-06-2025
- CNET
Google Cloud Outage Causes Widespread Internet Disruption: Spotify, Discord and More Affected
A massive but partial internet outage wiped out vast swaths of the online world Thursday, kicked off by issues with Google Cloud services and affecting sites including Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, UPS, Pokemon and many of Google's own Workspace offerings. As of 12:41 PT and again at 1:16 PT, Google said on its Cloud status page that its engineers had "identified the root cause" had taken steps to mitigate the issues. Still, some areas were not responding as fast as others. "Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1," Google said. Companies affected are saying that they're seeing recovery. By around 2 p.m. PT, the Downdetector service was showing that the spikes in outages were largely past their peaks and quickly heading toward zero reports of problems. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, which is also the parent company of CNET.) Google noted on its Workspace status page that its services were back up and running. "The problem with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice has been resolved," it posted at 12:53 p.m. PT. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support." See below for the latest updates and notes on individual sites and services.
