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I just got an interesting screenshot from InternetTrafficReport.com (ITR)
The ITR index for China has been bounced between 10 and 30 for the past few days. I was lucky to get a “0″ this morning.
Well, I hope everything get back soon.
link: http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm
Screenshot:
I am visiting Chinese website daily and found all website suddenly stopped working on Sunday. I tried to reset routers, servers and computers but nothing helped. I had no problem to connect websites in North America. This reminds me what happened years ago when a fishing vessel accidentally damaged one of the fibre optic cables connecting Internet between North America and Asia.
However, this time is even worse! In the next several hours, I learned that there was an earthquake near Taiwan has damaged some backbone cables, and later on it is reported that all 6 main cables have been damaged. 4 of them had been complete disconnected and the other 2 were merely partially working.
Most telecom companies have rent satellite channels, private cable operator or some bandwidth routing through Europe. However, it has been 4 days, and I couldn’t connect websites in China properly still. Some websites may work but need to repeatly refresh.
It takes 2 weeks to repair undersea cables in average. To fix all 6, it might take longer than that. What a mess!
