Updates

(David Fifield) Two major features are visible in the snowflake-01 bridge graphs in March 2026. The first is a major Internet shutdown that began on 2026-02-28 and has continued thr...

(David Fifield) In February 2026, the number of users and bandwidth of the snowflake-01 bridge gradually returned to former levels, following the surge in usage that accompanied the end of the 2.5-week Internet shutdown in Iran that occurre...

(David Fifield) The graph of users of the snowflake-01 bridge in January 2026 is striking: a slight relative decline starting 2026-01-08, then a threefold increase between 2026-01-21 and 2026-01-27. The bandwidth graph is equally striking:...

(David Fifield) Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was again stable throughout December 2025. There were no big changes, only a slight overall increase in simultaneous users and bandwidth. Following...

(David Fifield) Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was stable throughout November 2025. There were no big changes, only a slight overall increase in simultaneous users and bandwidth. Around mid-month, we had to...

(David Fifield) There was a slight increase in users and bandwidth of the snowflake-01 bridge in October 2025....

(David Fifield) Everything remained stable during September 2025 with regard to the snowflake-01 bridge. Users and bandwidth were roughly constant....

(David Fifield) The biggest event affecting Snowflake metrics in August 2025 was an...

(David Fifield) The snowflake-01 began and ended the month of July 2025 with about the same user count—20,000 simultaneous users—but with an apparent large bump in the middle:...