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RE: Pac Rim Cable Damage Defies Repair [was: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort]
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:47:14 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Frank Bulk wrote:
This article paints a rather dismal picture: Despite optimistic estimates that it would take only three weeks to repair the massive damage done to what are now said to be eight submarine cables by the Dec. 26, 2006, magnitude-6.7 earthquake near Taiwan, reports today indicate that not one of the cables is back in service. http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/21168.html
Earth is a single point of failure. Telegeography has created a nice map showing the affected cables. http://www.telegeography.com/wordpress/?p=45NTT reports it has fully restored all its circuits through other routes. Other carriers in the region are reporting 80% to 95% of normal service
has been restored through other routes. IP does not provide survivability UNLESS you have alternate, diverse connectivity. But alternate routes are often more expensive, higher latency, i.e. less competitive.
Current thread:
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort, (continued)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Joe Maimon (Jan 14)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Jim Segrave (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Ingo Flaschberger (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort D.H. van der Woude (Jan 16)
- Repeated packet loss on AT&T Donald Stahl (Jan 16)
- Re: Repeated packet loss on AT&T Matthew Crocker (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Ingo Flaschberger (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Joel Jaeggli (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Robert E. Seastrom (Jan 16)
- Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Marshall Eubanks (Jan 16)
- RE: Pac Rim Cable Damage Defies Repair [was: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort] Frank Bulk (Jan 17)
- RE: Pac Rim Cable Damage Defies Repair [was: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort] Sean Donelan (Jan 17)