WheroNet incident
Incident - Upstream Network Degradation - 10/05
WheroNet experienced a minor incident on May 10, 2026 affecting Rural Wireless Network and WheroNet Fibre network, lasting 1d 16h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 10, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC
Our upstream provider is experiencing international transit issues which are intermittently affecting our network. Updates to follow.
- identified May 10, 2026, 05:03 AM UTC
Our upstream provider is having difficulties with a targeted Denial of Service attack. They are mitigating domestic service, but international connections are still struggling.
- monitoring May 10, 2026, 08:10 PM UTC
Although international traffic is now performing as normal, underlying issues have not gone away and connections are being monitored.
- resolved May 11, 2026, 09:47 PM UTC
We have been advised that the root cause of international traffic disruption is now resolved.