Belize experiences brief internet connectivity degradation
Belize experienced a degradation in internet connectivity on Friday, May 30, 2026. The disruption began at 12:20 UTC and lasted for approximately 80 minutes, ending by 13:40 UTC. The event primarily impacted the reachability of the country’s IPv4 address space.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 1,611. The primary affected metric was the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across active IPv4 /24 network prefixes. This signal showed a 25% drop from its normal baseline during the event.
Other network signals showed varied impacts. The gtr.sarima signal, which forecasts deviations from expected traffic baselines, recorded a 65% drop from its peak. The merit-nt backscatter measurement, an aggregate connectivity proxy, showed an 80% drop. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, responsible for routing visibility, remained stable throughout the event with no observed prefix withdrawal activity.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
