Re: Another fiber cut near Taiwan ? due to Typhoon Morakot ?

[Scott Howard <scott () doc net au>]

Some further press on it :
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136558/Update_Asian_undersea_cable_disruption_slows_Internet_access
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:
>
>
> http://english.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Detail.aspx?pSearchDate=&pNewsID=200908120038&pType1=ED&pType0=xEMST&pTypeSel=0
>
> 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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