{"id":38488,"date":"2025-08-01T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38488\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:54:10","slug":"starlink-faces-another-brief-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38488\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Faces Another Brief Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Starlink system might be suffering another outage, a week after the satellite internet system experienced a disruption that knocked it offline for several hours. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Starlink users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Starlink\/comments\/1mecmqi\/outage_again\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reddit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/starlinksupport\/posts\/724395336971068\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> reported connection problems across the US.\u00a0\u201cOut for me again too. Not great for a WFH [work from home],\u201d wrote one user on Reddit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"text-gray-600\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomOTMountain\/status\/1951021683688825095\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n        This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Downdetector.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Downdetector.com<\/a> shows outage reports spiking around 1 p.m. Pacific time. SpaceX didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. However, the outage reports on Downdetector have since dropped off, suggesting that the company has implemented a fix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"\" data-image-loader=\"https:\/\/i.pcmag.com\/imagery\/articles\/01veYWPlfMYa5LsFAEyr6Zs-2.png\" data-lazy-sized=\"\" alt=\"down detector\" data-image-path=\"articles\/01veYWPlfMYa5LsFAEyr6Zs-2.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n    (Credit: Downdetector)\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas out for maybe 2-3 minutes in Maine, back up now,\u201d wrote another user on Reddit. PCMag analyst Brian Westover, who uses Starlink in Idaho, had no issues. Internet backbone provider <a href=\"https:\/\/radar.cloudflare.com\/traffic\/as14593?dateRange=1d\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cloudflare<\/a> also didn&#8217;t register a significant outage for the Starlink network. <\/p>\n<p>This reported downtime happened on the same day of the week, and around the same time, as last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/spacexs-starlink-hit-by-major-outage\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">massive<\/a> Starlink outage, which shut down access across the globe for almost three hours. In some cases, customers reported the outage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/extremely-frustrating-some-starlink-users-still-reporting-outages\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lasting<\/a> into the next day,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The satellite internet service currently serves over 6 million customers, many of them based in rural and remote areas. As a result, any disruption could force numerous consumers and businesses offline, without a high-speed backup to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>        Recommended by Our Editors<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/spacex-traces-starlink-outage-to-network-upgrade\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">attributed<\/a> last week\u2019s outage to a network upgrade, which involved rolling out software to the company\u2019s ground-based \u201ccompute clusters\u201d to manage traffic for the satellite internet system.\u00a0\u201cIf you are having trouble connecting after the outage on July 24th 2025, please power cycle and reboot all Starlink and 3rd party equipment,\u201d the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/support\/article\/1668200d-1ce5-196c-d4bb-a39be9b27dbc\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ex.co\/transformations\/production\/82855de7-16c2-4158-82a7-fc3fae280f1e\/thumbnail-720.webp\" alt=\"5 Things to Know About Starlink Satellite Internet\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"max-w-[2.5rem] md:min-w-12 md:max-w-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/images\/pcmag.svg\" alt=\"PCMag Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5 Things to Know About Starlink Satellite Internet<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: PCMag parent company Ziff Davis owns Downdetector.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"opacity-20 absolute right-0 top-0 z-0 hidden md:block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/images\/newsletter-envelope.svg\" alt=\"Newsletter Icon\" style=\"max-width:220px; max-height:140px; pointer-events:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"opacity-20 h-full w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/images\/newsletter-envelope.svg\" alt=\"Newsletter Icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n            Get Our Best Stories!\n        <\/p>\n<p>                                    Your Daily Dose of Our Top Tech News<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"h-auto w-full rounded-md object-cover md:rounded-l-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/17768392-contextual.fit_lpad.size_250x140.v1752614006.png\" alt=\"What's New Now Newsletter Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for our What&#8217;s New Now newsletter to receive the latest news, best new products, and expert advice from the editors of PCMag.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for our What&#8217;s New Now newsletter to receive the latest news, best new products, and expert advice from the editors of PCMag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"roboto-flex mt-2 text-xs font-normal leading-tight text-black md:whitespace-nowrap\">\n                        By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/privacy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.\n                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-green-500 mt-2 text-xl font-bold\">Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-2\">Your subscription has been confirmed. 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