[viraptor]

Yes/no. It depends how the services are distributed. For example if this is actually one region that has the issue and your data is stored there, accessing another region's gateway won't help you. But if the service is completely replicated / distributed and it's only the networking of your closest pop that failed, then a VPN helps.

[Thorrez]

Even if it's not completely replicated a VPN might help. For example maybe the local frontends are broken but the local backends are fine. Or maybe the problem is the BGP routes are bad between your ISP and your local frontends, but the BGP routes from your ISP to your VPN and your VPN to the frontends near the VPN are fine.