Starlink Goes Down! Software Wahala Knocks Out Thousands for Hours
Eiii, Starlink dey give we wahala o! Thousands of users for across di world, including some for Ghana, chop serious interruption for dia internet service on Thursday. Dis one be because of internal software problem wey make di whole system go haywire.
What Happened?
According to reports, di problem start around 3pm EDT (1900 GMT). Downdetector, one website wey dey track internet outages, say dem receive over 61,000 reports from users wey dey complain about di disruption. Starlink, wey get over 6 million users for about 140 countries, confirm di outage for dia X (formerly Twitter) page.
Michael Nicolls, Starlink vice-president of Engineering, later explain say di outage be because of failure of key internal software services wey dey run di core network. He apologize give di users for di inconvenience wey dem face.
Musk Say Sorry Too!
Elon Musk, di CEO of SpaceX (wey be di company wey get Starlink), also apologize for di outage. He promise say SpaceX go find di root cause of di problem so dat e no go happen again.
How E Affect Ghana?
Although e no clear how many Ghanaians dey use Starlink, any disruption for internet service fit be serious problem. Starlink dey offer internet access to areas wey oda networks no dey reach, so when e go down, e dey affect people wey dey rely on am for work, education, and oda important things.
Dis outage be reminder say even di most advanced technology fit get problems sometimes. We dey hope say Starlink go fix di problem quick quick so dat users go fit enjoy dia internet service again.
- Di outage last for about 2.5 hours.
- Starlink say dem dey work hard to prevent dis kind of thing from happening again.
- Experts dey speculate say di outage fit be because of glitch, software update gone wrong, or even cyber-attack.