U.S. Virgin Islands Experienced Connectivity Degradation Early July 15

The U.S. Virgin Islands experienced a connectivity disruption in the early hours of July 15, 2026. The degradation lasted approximately 50 minutes, beginning at 03:40 UTC and ending at 04:30 UTC. The event was characterized by a significant drop in active network reachability.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 1,103, primarily driven by the ping-slash24 signal. This signal measures ICMP reachability across active IPv4 network prefixes and recorded a 28% drop from its peak during the event. The Merit Network Telescope (merit-nt) signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity, fell to zero for the duration of the outage. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane visibility remained stable, with no observed withdrawal of advertised network prefixes. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network connectivity was reported restored by 04:30 UTC.