Comments on: Taiwan Earthquake Disrupts Internet and Telecoms Connectivity in Parts of Asia http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Another Feather In Her Cap http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-333486 Another Feather In Her Cap Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:19:22 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-333486 [...] 2006, an earthquake in Taiwan broke the undersea cables connecting Asia to the United States. In this instance, a badly-moored [...] [...] 2006, an earthquake in Taiwan broke the undersea cables connecting Asia to the United States. In this instance, a badly-moored [...]

]]> By: apples-pie » RANT: Globe broadband and the concept of customer service http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-182506 apples-pie » RANT: Globe broadband and the concept of customer service Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:45:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-182506 [...] Unfortunately, the Taiwan earthquake happened and much to everyone’s dismay, Globe was the least prepared for the destruction it caused to its internet services. [...] [...] Unfortunately, the Taiwan earthquake happened and much to everyone’s dismay, Globe was the least prepared for the destruction it caused to its internet services. [...]

]]> By: YoKo http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-150281 YoKo Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:18:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-150281 as i've been heard, another quake hits the Taiwan few days ago, so the repairing work has been cancelled once more. My connection is still very slow regarding to connecting to China... as i’ve been heard, another quake hits the Taiwan few days ago, so the repairing work has been cancelled once more. My connection is still very slow regarding to connecting to China…

]]> By: RAffy http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-150128 RAffy Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:27:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-150128 JAn. 22- I am a Globelines broadband user and now i am still experiencing a very slow internet connection. Is this still because of the Taiwan earhtquake? This is really bad. JAn. 22- I am a Globelines broadband user and now i am still experiencing a very slow internet connection. Is this still because of the Taiwan earhtquake? This is really bad.

]]> By: Dan (ESL instructor in CHINA) http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-149892 Dan (ESL instructor in CHINA) Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:04:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-149892 January 21st... Well beyond the 3 week predicition of "back to normal" my internet connection to my friends and family and just as importantly my MMORG is sooooooooooo bad. I want to go home for the first time in 2 years just so I can be connected again. My sanity depends on keeping touch with people outside of China... /cry January 21st… Well beyond the 3 week predicition of “back to normal” my internet connection to my friends and family and just as importantly my MMORG is sooooooooooo bad. I want to go home for the first time in 2 years just so I can be connected again. My sanity depends on keeping touch with people outside of China… /cry

]]> By: JAN DIPUTADO http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-149647 JAN DIPUTADO Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:30:21 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-149647 im a Globelines Broadband user and im still experiencing slow internet connection until now. am i the only 1 experiencing this problem? or is this still an after effect of the earthquake last year? im a Globelines Broadband user and im still experiencing slow internet connection until now. am i the only 1 experiencing this problem? or is this still an after effect of the earthquake last year?

]]> By: SELaplana http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-144996 SELaplana Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:57:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-144996 this afternoon (Philippine time) BayanDSL and Globelines Broadband went slow. is it still part of the damage caused by the earthquake? I's really pissed off by this. I lost some scheduled blogging jobs. this afternoon (Philippine time) BayanDSL and Globelines Broadband went slow. is it still part of the damage caused by the earthquake? I’s really pissed off by this. I lost some scheduled blogging jobs.

]]> By: YoKo http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-144779 YoKo Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:44:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-144779 Seems like nothing has changed since the quake. As far as i can see, still no good connection to China or any other "eastern" countries (eg HKG, Macao, Korea, Japan or similar). Looks like it'll take a little longer than 16th of January, or even January... Seems like nothing has changed since the quake. As far as i can see, still no good connection to China or any other “eastern” countries (eg HKG, Macao, Korea, Japan or similar). Looks like it’ll take a little longer than 16th of January, or even January…

]]> By: Mark Marucot http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-144613 Mark Marucot Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:43:31 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-144613 I'm a power gamer of Neverwinter Nights 1, note NWN1. I usually join tournaments and party quests. I got a DSL last summer and everything is smooth. But after the earthquake the response time of my character in-game is 10 seconds after pressing any button or spells. Wow. I'm level 38 and killing a level 20 mobs tooks 3 times longer before the Taiwan earthquake. I’m a power gamer of Neverwinter Nights 1, note NWN1. I usually join tournaments and party quests. I got a DSL last summer and everything is smooth. But after the earthquake the response time of my character in-game is 10 seconds after pressing any button or spells. Wow. I’m level 38 and killing a level 20 mobs tooks 3 times longer before the Taiwan earthquake.

]]> By: Paolo Ramirez http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-144554 Paolo Ramirez Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:30:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-144554 my job as a fulltime freelance graphic artist depended on my DSL connection to fetch would be clients and referrers but with the recent incidents concerning the internet is has been a hard... especially because most of my clients are from the US. as if it isn't any worser, PLDT customer service sucks... there are times that I get the feeling that they are not answering the phone... I hoped they would have at least advised their customers what had happened instead of keeping there mouth shut... I just wish the the situation to be addressed as soon as possible... my job as a fulltime freelance graphic artist depended on my DSL connection to fetch would be clients and referrers but with the recent incidents concerning the internet is has been a hard… especially because most of my clients are from the US.
as if it isn’t any worser, PLDT customer service sucks… there are times that I get the feeling that they are not answering the phone… I hoped they would have at least advised their customers what had happened instead of keeping there mouth shut…
I just wish the the situation to be addressed as soon as possible…

]]> By: Paul http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-143381 Paul Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:45:42 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-143381 It is estimated that up to one million jobs could be lost as an affect of this loss in internet. The talk at the weekend of most foreign business men in Makati was not how are they going to survive with little or no internet it was what country they are moving their business to. All seemed to be of the same voice what the hell is being done? Seems like nothing. When will it be back to normal? After 9 days PLDT won’t tell them. Why is the Government not involved? Do they think internet is just for games? Does anyone care that they are not providing internet? Talking to a Group that included Americans, Germans and British. They all agreed if this happened any where else the government of the country would call a State of Emergency. It was also very interesting to hear that PLDT was offered help from one of the worlds leading internet providers, to get the Philippines back to normal with in 36 hours. At no cost to PLDT. PLDT refused the help WHY? Could they be scared that the Philippines people would see how well a foreign company could run the internet? Could it be it would have been faster and more stable? Would it mean Filipino’s might demand a change in law to let foreign competition in and stop this monopoly What ever it is the fact remains the problem could have been fixed by Friday and 1 million Jobs could have been saved. It is estimated that up to one million jobs could be lost as an affect of this loss in internet.
The talk at the weekend of most foreign business men in Makati was not how are they going to survive with little or no internet it was what country they are moving their business to.
All seemed to be of the same voice what the hell is being done? Seems like nothing. When will it be back to normal? After 9 days PLDT won’t tell them.
Why is the Government not involved? Do they think internet is just for games?
Does anyone care that they are not providing internet?

Talking to a Group that included Americans, Germans and British. They all agreed if this happened any where else the government of the country would call a State of Emergency.

It was also very interesting to hear that PLDT was offered help from one of the worlds leading internet providers, to get the Philippines back to normal with in 36 hours. At no cost to PLDT.
PLDT refused the help WHY? Could they be scared that the Philippines people would see how well a foreign company could run the internet? Could it be it would have been faster and more stable?
Would it mean Filipino’s might demand a change in law to let foreign competition in and stop this monopoly
What ever it is the fact remains the problem could have been fixed by Friday and 1 million Jobs could have been saved.

]]> By: YoKo http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-142149 YoKo Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:20:19 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-142149 Thank you mr. Hung for your comment, i appreciate any help linked to this disaster. I am using my connection to China every day for a living, and now it's unbelievable slow. Currently i am using some Korean proxies to do my job (and it's very very slow - 5-10kb/s, used to be 50-70) on chinese servers. I hope after the repair they'll add some more bandwidth to chinese servers, so i can connect even without proxies. Also, any news about the situation now? I am still unable to connect with some satisfying speed... Thank you mr. Hung for your comment, i appreciate any help linked to this disaster. I am using my connection to China every day for a living, and now it’s unbelievable slow. Currently i am using some Korean proxies to do my job (and it’s very very slow – 5-10kb/s, used to be 50-70) on chinese servers. I hope after the repair they’ll add some more bandwidth to chinese servers, so i can connect even without proxies.
Also, any news about the situation now? I am still unable to connect with some satisfying speed…

]]> By: WorldCom Is The Unlikely Saviour After the Taiwan Earthquake at The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-141056 WorldCom Is The Unlikely Saviour After the Taiwan Earthquake at The Blog Herald Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:10:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-141056 [...] In the News Jan 1 at 10:44 am by Tony Hung -Over the holidays a massive earthquake leveled telecommunications in much of south east asia, affecting Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan and other areas. Angelo, one of our own Blog Herald-ers catalogued his own experiences already. It seems like six out of the seven pipes which connect asia to North America were disrupted. [...] [...] In the News Jan 1 at 10:44 am by Tony Hung -Over the holidays a massive earthquake leveled telecommunications in much of south east asia, affecting Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan and other areas. Angelo, one of our own Blog Herald-ers catalogued his own experiences already. It seems like six out of the seven pipes which connect asia to North America were disrupted. [...]

]]> By: //shades of black// » Blog Archive » saturday photo hunt: new http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-140372 //shades of black// » Blog Archive » saturday photo hunt: new Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:58:41 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-140372 [...] it’s been a crazy internet life for asians like me since the taiwan earthquake incident last december 27. i couldn’t access some sites, even pictures in yahoo couldn’t make it on my screen. yahoo messenger and friendster were both inaccessible. it’s a good thing God granted me a few sites to log into, with TN’s site as one of em. as a beginning of a new year (or the closing of last year, depends on how you look at it), new hopes, wishes, and dreams are set. mine includes ridding myself of my food obsession. i have no idea why i’m feeling pangs of food cravings, but i hope it stops soon! [...] [...] it’s been a crazy internet life for asians like me since the taiwan earthquake incident last december 27. i couldn’t access some sites, even pictures in yahoo couldn’t make it on my screen. yahoo messenger and friendster were both inaccessible. it’s a good thing God granted me a few sites to log into, with TN’s site as one of em. as a beginning of a new year (or the closing of last year, depends on how you look at it), new hopes, wishes, and dreams are set. mine includes ridding myself of my food obsession. i have no idea why i’m feeling pangs of food cravings, but i hope it stops soon! [...]

]]> By: precious http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-140355 precious Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:13:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-140355 i'm from the philippines, and my boyfriend's DSL provider, PLDT (one of the major telecommunication providers), has been experiencing lag, especially in quite a few websites. he can't even access yahoo messenger most of the time. as for me, i'm with Bayantel, another major provider. some sites won't open for a 2 days now, friendster and even yahoo won't even load css and pictures. crazy! anyway, i'm glad i stumbled upon your site, it's great! i’m from the philippines, and my boyfriend’s DSL provider, PLDT (one of the major telecommunication providers), has been experiencing lag, especially in quite a few websites. he can’t even access yahoo messenger most of the time. as for me, i’m with Bayantel, another major provider. some sites won’t open for a 2 days now, friendster and even yahoo won’t even load css and pictures. crazy! anyway, i’m glad i stumbled upon your site, it’s great!

]]> By: RAVI http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-140266 RAVI Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:26:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-140266 I am from India, Tamil Nadu, the connection speeds have been terribly slow here... we are unable to download or upload work. We are just connected to the internet and could not find a good speed to catch with... I am from India, Tamil Nadu, the connection speeds have been terribly slow here… we are unable to download or upload work. We are just connected to the internet and could not find a good speed to catch with…

]]> By: YoKo http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-140190 YoKo Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:52:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-140190 Well, i am from Europe and i might say that my connection to chinese sites are pretty shaky... Speed was usually maxed (via H/K proxies), now the speed is 'round few kilobytes per second since monday/tuesday. I might say this is goin to take awhile... Well, i am from Europe and i might say that my connection to chinese sites are pretty shaky… Speed was usually maxed (via H/K proxies), now the speed is ’round few kilobytes per second since monday/tuesday. I might say this is goin to take awhile…

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-139984 China Law Blog Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:18:46 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-139984 Our Shanghai office is without internet access, but Blackberry went live yesterday morning in Shanghai. What is going on elsewhere in China? Our Shanghai office is without internet access, but Blackberry went live yesterday morning in Shanghai. What is going on elsewhere in China?

]]> By: Markku Seguerra http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-139930 Markku Seguerra Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:03:49 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/12/28/taiwan-earthquake-disrupts-internet-and-telecoms-connectivity-in-parts-of-asia/#comment-139930 Infrastructure damage must've been so bad since we're still getting bad data connections at the office. Internet is at a crawl that most of those doing mainframe task cannot keep a stable link, affecting work significantly. Good thing most deadlines are not too strict during the holidays. Infrastructure damage must’ve been so bad since we’re still getting bad data connections at the office. Internet is at a crawl that most of those doing mainframe task cannot keep a stable link, affecting work significantly. Good thing most deadlines are not too strict during the holidays.

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