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more on Quake cuts off much of Asia Internet
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:20:14 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti () gmail com> Date: December 29, 2006 2:33:02 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Quake cuts off much of Asia Internet for IP: Two things noted from the Taiwan quake and its aftermath.One is that the initial restoration of service within Asia looks like it's been
primarily done by rerouting traffic through Europe and the US. I captured a trace from a traceroute server from Singapore to Korea and saw round-the-globe routing for that. Details here: http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2006/12/singapore_to_se.html The second note is that in addition to disrupting the financial markets, this quake disrupted the international trade in in-game gold in World of Warcraft. So called "gold farmers" play in order to accumulate assets in the game that are sold for cash. Fromhttp://www.ige.com , which bills itself as "a diversified service provider
operating the world's largest secure network of buying and selling sites for massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) virtual currency and assets on the Internet." An earthquake which has struck the Asia Pacific Region has severely disrupted our service levels. We apologize for any delay or inconvenience this has caused. thanks Ed Edward Vielmetti Pure Visibility Ann Arbor, MI evielmetti () purevisibility com ------------------------------------------- <HR> You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org<BR>To manage your subscription, go to<BR> <A HREF="http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip">http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip</A><P>Archives at: <A HREF="http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/intere Archives: [LIST_ARCHIVES_URL] Modify Your Subscription: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=1788750&user_secret=2262158c Unsubscribe: http://v2.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?id=1788750-2262158c-xafwk9t7 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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