Quakes Disrupt Asia Telecommunications Links
A Reuters newswire article, via CNN/Money, reports that:
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.More here.
International telephone traffic was restricted from some countries and Internet access slowed to a crawl. Sources working with Asian telecoms providers said it could take several weeks before all the cables were repaired.
South Korea's top fixed-line and broadband service provider, KT Corp, said six submarine cables were knocked out by Tuesday night's earthquakes.
posted by Fergie @ 12/27/2006 10:01:00 AM
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