Name: Forum users report a short-lived episode of very slow Internet, July 2013
Start: 2013-07-22
End: 2013-07-23
Location: Beaver Island

Forum users report a short-lived episode of very slow Internet, July 2013

Also Beaver Island slow Internet July 2013

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates2013-07-22 – 2013-07-23

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2013-07-22 – 2013-07-23
Kind: Disruption
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: infrastructurecommunications
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On the night of July 22, 2013, a Beaver Island forum user reported extremely slow Internet service, measuring 0.10 Mbps download and 0.12 Mbps upload. A second user said the connection was fast at 5 a.m. the following morning.

Evidence limits

This is a two-user performance report, not a documented TDS outage. It should not be used to infer island-wide coverage, a technical cause, or a service- restoration time.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “SLOW Internet,” July 23, 2013.
One user reported 0.10 Mbps download and 0.12 Mbps upload on the night of July 22; another reported that Internet service was very quick at 5 a.m. The exchange does not establish island-wide scope, cause, provider acknowledgment, or duration.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006544

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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum users report a short-lived episode of very slow Internet, July 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-slow-internet-july-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “SLOW Internet,” July 23, 2013..

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