rgy1993
12-29-2006, 11:55 AM
taken from news:
Taiwan quake disrupts Internet
Posted: 27 December 2006 1222 hrs
HONG KONG: The strong Taiwan earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 7.1, damaged several undersea data cables in the region on Wednesday, jamming up the Internet, a Hong Kong phone operator said.
"Due to the earthquake that hit Taiwan last night, several undersea data cables were damaged," said a spokesman for PCCW, Hong Kong's biggest fixed-line operator.
"Data traffic to Taiwan, Korea, Japan and the United States is affected," he said, adding that the company was diverting the data and monitoring the restoration of the cables.
The spokesman said data capacity has been reduced to 50 percent, and that there had been an upsurge in attempts to accessing the web in the region as people were trying to get information about the quake.
He cautioned that some Internet users in the region could experience congestion over the next several days.
Singapore’s internet providers, StarHub and SingTel, were among those affected, as the incident has resulted in slow internet access.
Both companies said internet traffic diversion and restoration works are currently underway. SingTel added that its undersea cable system with Europe was not affected.
It is not immediately clear when the damage will be repaired
An official at Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. (CHT) also reported that the earthquakes have disrupted international phone calls to and from Asian countries.
Fortunately, mobile and domestic phone calls in Taiwan remain unaffected. - AFP/CNA/so
this rly sucks becoz pages like danscomp and stuff take about 10-15 mins to load. bmx-forum dusnt seem to have a problem but pictures hosted on photobucket take ages to load and i cant go on msn from around 8pm-12midnite...
comments and thoughts welcome
cheers
rolando :D
Taiwan quake disrupts Internet
Posted: 27 December 2006 1222 hrs
HONG KONG: The strong Taiwan earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 7.1, damaged several undersea data cables in the region on Wednesday, jamming up the Internet, a Hong Kong phone operator said.
"Due to the earthquake that hit Taiwan last night, several undersea data cables were damaged," said a spokesman for PCCW, Hong Kong's biggest fixed-line operator.
"Data traffic to Taiwan, Korea, Japan and the United States is affected," he said, adding that the company was diverting the data and monitoring the restoration of the cables.
The spokesman said data capacity has been reduced to 50 percent, and that there had been an upsurge in attempts to accessing the web in the region as people were trying to get information about the quake.
He cautioned that some Internet users in the region could experience congestion over the next several days.
Singapore’s internet providers, StarHub and SingTel, were among those affected, as the incident has resulted in slow internet access.
Both companies said internet traffic diversion and restoration works are currently underway. SingTel added that its undersea cable system with Europe was not affected.
It is not immediately clear when the damage will be repaired
An official at Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. (CHT) also reported that the earthquakes have disrupted international phone calls to and from Asian countries.
Fortunately, mobile and domestic phone calls in Taiwan remain unaffected. - AFP/CNA/so
this rly sucks becoz pages like danscomp and stuff take about 10-15 mins to load. bmx-forum dusnt seem to have a problem but pictures hosted on photobucket take ages to load and i cant go on msn from around 8pm-12midnite...
comments and thoughts welcome
cheers
rolando :D