Post Taiwan Earthquake: Regional Asian Internet Cable Network Shows Weakness
From Space Daily Express:
Internet Chaos Shows Weakness Of System: Singapore (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - The chaos in Asia's Internet service sparked by an undersea earthquake shows the region's cable network is too fragile and overly reliant on connections to the United States, industry observers said Thursday. Millions of people across Asia were enduring a second day without full Internet services after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan late Tuesday and disturbed several massive offshore submarine cables that link Asian countries with the US and beyond.
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