Cable cuts, storms, and DNS: a look at Internet disruptions in Q4 2025

This post details observed internet disruptions in Q4 2025, categorizing them by cause: government-directed shutdowns, cable cuts (Digicel Haiti, Cybernet/StormFiber Pakistan, Camtel/MTN/Orange Cameroon, Claro Dominicana), power outages (Dominican Republic, Kenya), military action (Odesa, Ukraine), and technical problems. It quantifies the impact of these events on traffic and announced IP address space, leveraging Cloudflare Radar data and external reports to provide a comprehensive overview of global internet stability during the quarter.