Dominica Experiences Connectivity Disruption Lasting Over Three Hours

Dominica experienced a significant connectivity disruption on August 14, lasting over three hours. The event began around 17:10 UTC and concluded by 20:30 UTC, affecting key network infrastructure signals. The disruption registered a high overall severity score of 3,321,941.

Technical Details

The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network prefixes, recorded a severity score of 6,545. This signal showed a 41% drop from its peak reachability level during the event. Concurrently, the BGP signal, which reflects control plane visibility for network prefixes, registered a severity score of 508 and a 4% drop from its peak.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.