Adam Kos Today and every day we are faced with outages of various services. We certainly have vivid memories of the beginning of October when we could not log in to Facebook, Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp. The latest case is Spotify, which "fell out" on Thursday. But how to find out that the problem is not just yours, but global in nature?
It's actually not that complicated. Your first steps should be towards social networks. Well, at least the ones that work. If Twitter hasn't just gone down, this is an ideal source of information to help you clarify the issue at hand. Just search for the official channel here and read the latest information. And yes, there's Facebook too, by the way Meta. But he also has his profile here WhatsApp or even Czech operators. They also inform about their problems here, regardless of the fact that you can also ask them directly here.
We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Goal (@Goal) October 4, 2021
Outage detection services
Of course, in the worst possible scenario, no service may work. But if something like this goes Downdetector, so it will tell you exactly which services are currently having a problem. However, this tool does not serve as monitoring of the networks and services themselves. This is because it is a platform where users from all over the world report their problems, if they specifically suffer from any. The more users report their problem, the more the displayed graph grows, which is such a clear indication of the problem. Downdetector not only informs about social networks. You can find practically everything here, from Netflix, Office 365, Steam, YouTube to Apple support itself, etc.
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A similar platform is i Uptime. After registration, it can also automatically notify you that some network is down. And then, of course, there are the own control systems of the individual platforms and services, which, however, enter the information rather retrospectively, i.e. after they have been resolved, which is subsequently rather useless information. Here, for example, you can find Google global access suspension.
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