{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "status": "published",
  "locale": "en",
  "edition": "Americas edition",
  "periodStart": "2024-01-01",
  "periodEnd": "2026-08-31",
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "CA",
    "CO",
    "BR",
    "AR"
  ],
  "selection": "Editorial, non-random, non-exhaustive; not a top-five tourism ranking or country reliability ranking.",
  "countryComparability": false,
  "annualAvailabilityEstimated": false,
  "providerResilienceRanked": false,
  "fieldOutageMeasurementsIncluded": false,
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "US-2024-ATT",
      "country": "US",
      "date": "2024-02-22",
      "category": "network",
      "evidence": "traffic",
      "scope": "AT&T / AS7018, several US cities",
      "window": {
        "es": "Unas ocho horas según el resumen de Cloudflare; no ocho horas para cada usuario.",
        "en": "About eight hours in Cloudflare's summary, not eight hours for every subscriber."
      },
      "fact": {
        "es": "Cloudflare documenta una perturbación de AT&T en varias ciudades el 22 de febrero de 2024. En Chicago, el tráfico observado cayó alrededor del 45 % frente a la semana anterior; en Dallas, alrededor del 18 %.",
        "en": "Cloudflare documents an AT&T disruption in several cities on 22 February 2024. Observed traffic in Chicago fell around 45% against the previous week; in Dallas, around 18%."
      },
      "limit": {
        "es": "Las caídas de tráfico no son porcentajes de eSIM desconectadas. No se midieron perfiles turísticos ni todo Estados Unidos.",
        "en": "Traffic reductions are not percentages of disconnected eSIMs. Tourist profiles and the whole United States were not tested."
      },
      "sources": [
        "cf-q1-24"
      ],
      "scopeEs": "AT&T / AS7018, varias ciudades de Estados Unidos",
      "esimObserved": false
    },
    {
      "id": "CA-2025-BELL",
      "country": "CA",
      "date": "2025-05-21",
      "category": "network",
      "evidence": "traffic",
      "scope": "Bell / AS577, Ontario and Québec",
      "window": {
        "es": "El tráfico recuperó su nivel esperado en aproximadamente una hora; Bell confirmó la restauración completa a las 15:00 UTC.",
        "en": "Traffic returned to its expected level in about one hour; Bell confirmed full restoration at 15:00 UTC."
      },
      "fact": {
        "es": "Tras una actualización de routers, Cloudflare observó una caída de hasta el 70 % del tráfico de Bell respecto a la semana anterior, desde aproximadamente las 13:15 UTC.",
        "en": "Following a router update, Cloudflare observed Bell traffic falling by up to 70% against the previous week, starting around 13:15 UTC."
      },
      "limit": {
        "es": "Un ASN puede transportar conexiones fijas y móviles. La ventana de tráfico y la declaración de restauración completa no son la misma medida.",
        "en": "An ASN can carry fixed and mobile connections. The traffic window and the full-restoration statement are different measurements."
      },
      "sources": [
        "cf-q2-25"
      ],
      "scopeEs": "Bell / AS577, Ontario y Québec",
      "esimObserved": false
    },
    {
      "id": "CO-2025-CLARO",
      "country": "CO",
      "date": "2025-08-06",
      "category": "network",
      "evidence": "traffic",
      "scope": "Claro-related AS10620, AS14080 and AS26611",
      "window": {
        "es": "16:45 a 17:20 UTC, unos 35 minutos de tráfico muy degradado.",
        "en": "16:45 to 17:20 UTC, about 35 minutes of severely degraded traffic."
      },
      "fact": {
        "es": "Cloudflare detectó una reducción superior a dos tercios del tráfico respecto a la semana anterior en tres redes asociadas a Claro Colombia. El resumen no establece la causa.",
        "en": "Cloudflare detected traffic falling by more than two thirds against the previous week across three networks associated with Claro Colombia. The summary does not establish a cause."
      },
      "limit": {
        "es": "No equivale a una caída nacional ni permite afirmar que todas las eSIM conectadas a Claro fallaron.",
        "en": "This is not a nationwide outage and does not show that every eSIM using Claro failed."
      },
      "sources": [
        "cf-q3-25"
      ],
      "scopeEs": "Redes asociadas a Claro: AS10620, AS14080 y AS26611",
      "esimObserved": false
    },
    {
      "id": "BR-2024-X",
      "country": "BR",
      "date": "2024-08-31",
      "category": "blocking",
      "evidence": "measurement",
      "scope": "X / twitter.com on more than 25 tested networks",
      "window": {
        "es": "Señales desde el 31 de agosto de 2024. Decisión de retorno: 8 de octubre; la ficha OONI cubre hasta el 11 de octubre.",
        "en": "Signals from 31 August 2024. Return authorised on 8 October; the OONI finding covers through 11 October."
      },
      "fact": {
        "es": "OONI encontró señales de bloqueo de X en más de 25 redes probadas, mediante interferencia DNS o bloqueo IP según la red. El STF autorizó el retorno el 8 de octubre de 2024.",
        "en": "OONI found signs of X blocking on more than 25 tested networks, involving DNS interference or IP blocking depending on the network. The STF authorised its return on 8 October 2024."
      },
      "limit": {
        "es": "Es un bloqueo de servicio, no una desaparición de Internet. La fecha judicial, el restablecimiento por red y la cobertura de mediciones deben mantenerse separados.",
        "en": "This is a service block, not the disappearance of Internet access. The court date, restoration by network and measurement coverage must remain distinct."
      },
      "sources": [
        "ooni-br",
        "stf-br"
      ],
      "scopeEs": "X / twitter.com, más de 25 redes probadas",
      "esimObserved": false
    },
    {
      "id": "AR-2026-POWER",
      "country": "AR",
      "date": "2026-01-15",
      "category": "power",
      "evidence": "traffic",
      "scope": "Buenos Aires; AS7303, AS27747, AS16814",
      "window": {
        "es": "20:30 a 22:30 UTC, unas dos horas de caída de tráfico observada.",
        "en": "20:30 to 22:30 UTC, about two hours of observed traffic reduction."
      },
      "fact": {
        "es": "Cloudflare documentó descensos de tráfico en Telecom Argentina, Telecentro e IPLAN durante un corte eléctrico de verano en Buenos Aires.",
        "en": "Cloudflare documented traffic reductions at Telecom Argentina, Telecentro and IPLAN during a summer power outage in Buenos Aires."
      },
      "limit": {
        "es": "El ámbito es urbano y de redes concretas, no toda Argentina. La recuperación del tráfico agregado no indica el minuto de retorno de un perfil eSIM.",
        "en": "The scope is a city and specific networks, not all of Argentina. Aggregate traffic recovery does not identify an eSIM profile's restoration minute."
      },
      "sources": [
        "cf-q1-26"
      ],
      "scopeEs": "Buenos Aires; AS7303, AS27747 y AS16814",
      "esimObserved": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "cf-q1-24",
      "org": "Cloudflare Radar",
      "title": "Q1 2024 Internet disruption summary",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/q1-2024-internet-disruption-summary/",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "cf-q2-25",
      "org": "Cloudflare Radar",
      "title": "Q2 2025 Internet disruption summary",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/q2-2025-internet-disruption-summary/",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "cf-q3-25",
      "org": "Cloudflare Radar",
      "title": "Q3 2025 Internet disruption summary",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2025-internet-disruption-summary/",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "ooni-br",
      "org": "OONI",
      "title": "Brazil blocked Twitter/X",
      "url": "https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/2024-brazil-blocked-twitter-x",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "stf-br",
      "org": "Supremo Tribunal Federal",
      "title": "STF autoriza o retorno imediato do X",
      "url": "https://noticias.stf.jus.br/postsnoticias/stf-autoriza-o-retorno-imediato-do-x-e-determina-que-anatel-adote-providencias-para-a-retomada-do-servico/",
      "verification": "Official indexed notice dated 8 October 2024; direct retrieval returned 403.",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "cf-q1-26",
      "org": "Cloudflare Radar",
      "title": "Q1 2026 Internet disruption summary",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/q1-2026-internet-disruption-summary/",
      "consulted": "2026-09-14"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://driftamericas.com/data-index/internet-disruptions-esim/",
  "datePublished": "2026-09-14",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-14",
  "stats": {
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    "notices": 0,
    "continuity": 0,
    "nationalFixed": 61,
    "configurations": 7,
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    "multipleMNO": 43
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