(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 occurred in January 2026.
The per-country graph shows the decline was in the correlated U.S.–Iran metrics.
At the extreme right of the graphs, for the days of February 28 and March 1, you can see the effects of the beginning of yet another shutdown in Iran. This shutdown was occasioned not by protests as before, but by military attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel. The latest shutdown is still ongoing as of this writing. Links to more information:
