Two Quakes which struck off the coast of Taiwan measuring 6.7 and 7.1 on the Richter scale damaged the undersea cables which carry internet traffic and voice. As a results internet and phone services throughout Asia have been hit.
Wednesday’s earth quake has damaged two out of four undersea cable which pass via Taiwan and connect Pacific with Asia. Nearly the whole of Asia went on blackout with Taiwan being the most badly hit country.
[Photo: Undersea Cables]
The traffic which passed through these cables were switched to alternate routes, but those cables are now congested, leading to slower internet speeds. Few exclusive business lines are still out and it might takes weeks to be fully restored.
I woke up last morning and discovered that my 256 kbps line had weirdly started acting like a dialup connection, I called the BSNL customer care and as usual they had no explanations to give. I’m sure most Asian bloggers had also faced some difficulty in blogging.
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