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[SECTION] 10<br />
INTERNET<br />
DISRUPTIONS<br />
+EVENTS<br />
Internet disruptions are unfortunately still all too common —<br />
occurring in some countries/regions on a frequent basis. These<br />
disruptions may be accidental (backhoes or ship anchors severing<br />
buried fiber), natural (hurricanes or earthquakes), or political<br />
(governments shutting off Internet access in response to unrest or<br />
other local events, such as student testing). Because Akamai customer<br />
content is consumed by users around the world, the effect of these<br />
disruptions — whether brief or spanning multiple days — is evident in<br />
the levels of Akamai traffic delivered to the affected country/region.<br />
The content presented in this section provides insight into how Akamai<br />
traffic was impacted by major Internet disruptions and events during<br />
the second quarter of 2016.<br />
10.1 Iraq / As seen in Figure 43, on several different dates throughout<br />
May and June, Akamai saw sudden drops in traffic to Iraq, generally<br />
lasting for three hours between either 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. or 3:00<br />
a.m. to 6:00 a.m. utc. The outages were due to government-ordered<br />
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