When submarine cables fail, will xvideos.com still work?

Will not work

Domestic direct connections (O)
0

Domestic cloud services (?)
0

Foreign connections (X)
5

When submarine cables fail, can xvideos.com still load normally?

Based on the latest test, under a submarine-cable outage scenario xvideos.com may “not work.” If international connectivity is cut or blocked, the site may fail to load.

Why might xvideos.com “not work” when submarine cables fail?

During testing, when the homepage loaded we found that some content or resources had to be fetched from outside the country. Those resources usually load fine, but when cables are cut or traffic is severely congested those connections can fail—and the site may break along with them.

Does this mean xvideos.com will definitely be unavailable during severe cable congestion?

Not necessarily. This result is inferred from resource dependencies observed while loading the homepage. It reflects higher risk—not a guarantee that every page or every feature would fail completely.

How is resilience for xvideos.com under cable outages assessed?

When opening the homepage of xvideos.com, we observed 46 requests across 5 domains.
If any involve connections abroad, the outcome is classified as “Will not work.” If there are no foreign connections but there is reliance on in-country nodes of multinational cloud services, the outcome is “Uncertain.” If connections are only domestic aside from that international-cloud pattern, the outcome is “May work.”
For detailed rules and the full workflow, see the research methodology and overall report.

Site location

  • Foreign / CloudAS60068 Datacamp Limited89.222.127.1

Connection information

  • Foreign / CloudAS60068 Datacamp Limitedwww.xvideos.com
  • Foreign / CloudAS60068 Datacamp Limitedassets-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com
  • Foreign / CloudAS60068 Datacamp Limitedthumb-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com
  • Foreign / OtherAS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.thumbs-gcore.xvideos-cdn.com

Test environment

  • IP: 220.132.212.194
  • City: Banqiao
  • Region: Taipei
  • Country: TW
  • Organization: AS3462 Data Communication Business Group
  • DNS server: 168.95.1.1

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  "url": "https://xvideos.com",
  "canonicalURL": "https://xvideos.com",
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "timestamp": "2026-07-20T19:21:46.452Z",
  "testParameters": {
    "customDNS": "168.95.1.1",
    "useAdblock": true,
    "adblockUrls": [
      "https://filter.futa.gg/hosts_abp.txt",
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_15_DnsFilter/filter.txt"
    ],
    "useCache": true,
    "hasIPinfoToken": true
  },
  "testingEnvironment": {
    "ip": "220.132.212.194",
    "hostname": "220-132-212-194.hinet-ip.hinet.net",
    "city": "Banqiao",
    "region": "Taipei",
    "country": "TW",
    "loc": "25.0143,121.4672",
    "org": "AS3462 Data Communication Business Group",
    "timezone": "Asia/Taipei",
    "source": "ipinfo json api (direct)",
    "dnsServer": "168.95.1.1"
  },
  "requestCount": 46,
  "uniqueDomains": 5,
  "test_results": {
    "domestic": {
      "cloud": 0,
      "direct": 0
    },
    "foreign": {
      "cloud": 4,
      "direct": 1
    }
  },
  "domainDetails": [
    {
      "originalUrl": "https://xvideos.com/",
      "type": "document",
      "ipinfo": {
        "domain": "xvideos.com",
        "ip": "89.222.127.1",
        "hostname": "unn-89-222-127-1.wgcz.net",
        "city": "Amsterdam",
        "region": "North Holland",
        "country": "NL",
        "loc": "52.3740,4.8897",
        "org": "AS60068 Datacamp Limited",
        "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam"
      },
      "category": "foreign/cloud"
    },
    {
      "originalUrl": "https://www.xvideos.com/",
      "type": "document",
      "ipinfo": {
        "domain": "www.xvideos.com",
        "ip": "89.222.127.11",
        "hostname": "unn-89-222-127-11.wgcz.net",
        "city": "Amsterdam",
        "region": "North Holland",
        "country": "NL",
        "loc": "52.3740,4.8897",
        "org": "AS60068 Datacamp Limited",
        "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam"
      },
      "category": "foreign/cloud"
    },
    {
      "originalUrl": "https://assets-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com/v-54ae88076c5/v3/css/default/main.css",
      "type": "stylesheet",
      "ipinfo": {
        "domain": "assets-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com",
        "ip": "156.146.44.78",
        "hostname": "267718712.cdn77.com",
        "city": "Hong Kong",
        "region": "Hong Kong",
        "country": "HK",
        "loc": "22.2783,114.1747",
        "org": "AS60068 Datacamp Limited",
        "timezone": "Asia/Hong_Kong"
      },
      "category": "foreign/cloud"
    },
    {
      "originalUrl": "https://thumb-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com/1ce6fe5c-05e4-469b-8339-95dedf3cddc3/5/xv_29_t.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "ipinfo": {
        "domain": "thumb-cdn77.xvideos-cdn.com",
        "ip": "143.244.51.198",
        "hostname": "563779504.cdn77.com",
        "city": "Los Angeles",
        "region": "California",
        "country": "US",
        "loc": "34.0522,-118.2437",
        "org": "AS60068 Datacamp Limited",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
      },
      "category": "foreign/cloud"
    },
    {
      "originalUrl": "https://thumbs-gcore.xvideos-cdn.com/f3163483-f382-47a6-a2e6-6aba7248d652/5/xv_17_t.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "ipinfo": {
        "domain": "thumbs-gcore.xvideos-cdn.com",
        "ip": "92.223.84.84",
        "city": "Contern",
        "region": "Luxembourg",
        "country": "LU",
        "loc": "49.5819,6.2267",
        "org": "AS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.",
        "timezone": "Europe/Luxembourg"
      },
      "category": "foreign/direct"
    }
  ]
}

Last tested: 7/21/2026, 3:21:46 AM (HTTP 200)