Some further press on it : http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136558/Update_Asian_undersea_cable_d... http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62056838,00.htm In the past hour we've seen latency and packet loss return to almost normal (we were seeing ~40% loss for a few hours) across multiple providers, so I'm guessing something has been done to re-route traffic. Scott. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Ethern M., Lin <ethern@ascc.net> wrote:
Latest news:
The typhoon Morakot cause rare debris flow under sea and damage many cable systems at southern Taiwan more than earthquake at 2005/12/25.
Announced by CHT, Chunghwa telecom:
cheers, Ethern
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ethern M., Lin<ethern@ascc.net> wrote:
Actually I can't tell you more about this. I am just have this info from my IPLC provider, and its just a gossip, not formal one as I mention.<grin>
Its just happened that one cable system down on 8/9, the exact day of typhoon attacked Taiwan quite badly.
Maybe someone can share more detailed info and we can wait for more info later.
cheers, Ethern
Do typhoons/hurricanes tend to damage cables in shallow water near the landing sites, tear up the landing sites themselves, or do damage in deeper water somehow?
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ethern M., Lin <ethern@ascc.net> wrote:
Update:
The submarine cable down first is EAC since 8/9. FNAL down today(8/12). The cause might be typhone Morakot. Hongkong seems the most critical impact by these cable down.
cheers, Ethern
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