12-28-2006, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Earthquake Brings Down International Internet Links
"Telecommunications around Asia were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions, particularly in the currency market."
Oh man, this is a bummer. Apart from the damage in Taiwan, the quake disrupted the main telecommunications links between Asia and the US, severely affecting phone and data capacity. Some telecoms companies have reported as much as half their capability had been temporarily lost, and the damage could take a few weeks to repair. At a personal level, my Internet access has slowed to a crawl when accessing US sites, and in some cases I have no access at all. Anybody else feeling the pinch?
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12-28-2006, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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I'm having the same problem. I live in the U.S. My friends who are using Comcast, which is now become Time Warner Cable, facing the very slow connection to Asian websites. However, those who are using SBC Global (or AT&T) don't have any problem at all. :cry:
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12-28-2006, 05:07 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 47
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I haven't had any problems here in the states, and I'm with TimeWarner Roadrunner service. My sister in Penang, Malaysia, however is complaining about extreme slow access to Yahoo. Thanks for posting that article. I sent the link to her.
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12-28-2006, 05:56 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 27
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Awesome !
This means no spam for week. Great news !!!
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12-28-2006, 07:17 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Awesome !
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Originally Posted by manuelpl
This means no spam for week. Great news !!!
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Dang, I still received my daily quota of a couple hundred. :cry: 
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12-28-2006, 08:00 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 229
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So when I get Dell support will I now be able to talk to someone who can speak English?
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PDA stuff... Dell Axim 51v with 1g CF and SD card and a LOT of cool software.
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12-29-2006, 01:10 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 376
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a friend of my who is visiting Hong Kong for business claims that there is NO internet connection there AT ALL. :?
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12-29-2006, 03:12 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 6
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from thailand net service was really poor on wednesday but seemed to return to normal by late wed night--normal being pretty poor for external sites :lol:
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