Phone, Internet links cut by Taiwan earthquake (Pistol Grips)
Thursday, December 28th, 20061204001MSPMWG , -
Phone, Internet links cut by Taiwan earthquake
Undersea fiber-optic cables were damaged Wednesday by a powerful earthquake off the southern tip of Taiwan, causing the largest outage of telephone and Internet service in years and demonstrating the vulnerability of the global telecommunications network.
Quake In Pacific, China Cut Off
Taiwan temblor severs Internet connections on Mainland and in Hong Kong
Earthquake Exposes Worldwide Telecommunications Vulnerabilities
Wednesday’s earthquake and aftershocks jolted Asia for hours but the telecommunication disruptions may reverberate for weeks. When transpacific fiber optic cables were damaged, internet and phone call volume plummeted by half and web browsing slowed to a crawl.
Council: Asia’s quake will affect communications
Wednesday’s earthquake and aftershocks jolted Asia for hours, but the telecommunication disruptions may reverberate for weeks, the Pacific Telecommunications Council 2007 said in a news release yesterday.
Communications cut off after powerful earthquake strikes southern Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Undersea fiber-optic cables were damaged by a powerful earthquake off the southern tip of Taiwan, causing the largest outage of telephone and Internet service in years and demonstrating…
Communications jolted
A powerful earthquake triggered the largest telecommunications outage in years, cutting off or slowing telephone and Internet traffic in Asia from Beijing to Bangkok.
Quake Shakes Telecom Network
Tremor Off Taiwan Shows Worldwide Vulnerability Of Telephone, Internet Service Undersea fiber-optic cables were damaged by a powerful earthquake off the southern tip of Taiwan, causing the largest failure of telephone and Internet service in years and demonstrating the vulnerability of the global telecommunications network.
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