There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout

Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by DiggyJohnson on Monday January 05, 2026 @04:58PM (#46505594)

Was the OSRS economy affected by the strikes? I'm assuming they didn't disrupt internet access for most Venezuelan citizens but I have not looked into it yet.

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by static_motion on Monday January 05, 2026 @06:44PM (#46506825)

I'd say that an OSRS outage would be more likely to measurably affect the Venezuelan economy than the reverse.

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by manacit on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:49PM (#46506238)

Yes, it looks like it definitely was: https://x.com/eslischn/status/1104542595806609408

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by brendoelfrendo on Monday January 05, 2026 @06:09PM (#46506475)

Unless I'm missing an update, it appears that this post is from 2019?

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by make3 on Monday January 05, 2026 @11:44PM (#46508829)

that's in 2019

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by d-moon on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:34PM (#46506058)

Any osrs Venezuelan clans you’re looking to contact about this?

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by FumblingBear on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:11AM (#46513245)

My clanmates and I noticed that some of the more popular goldfarming hotspots were much less populated that day. Rev caves, Zalcano, etc. Not sure about impacts for the broader economy though. Maybe FlippingOldSchool will release a video analyzing the economic trends over the course of that week? Would be interesting for sure.

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by giancarlostoro on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:24AM (#46514400)

Maybe they were out celebrating.

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Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout by wswope on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:00PM (#46515946)

I run an OSRS market analysis/flipping site, and have been keeping an eye on the effects.

The short answer is that there hasn't been a ton of movement across the market at large, but since Saturday, bonds have been swinging up towards the all-time high they set last December. Can't say for certain that that movement is tied to VZ though.

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