Actually I can't tell you more about this. I am just have this info from my IPLC provider, and its just a gossip, not formal one as I mention.<grin>
Its just happened that one cable system down on 8/9, the exact day of typhoon attacked Taiwan quite badly. Maybe someone can share more detailed info and we can wait for more info later. cheers, Ethern > Do typhoons/hurricanes tend to damage cables in shallow water near the > landing sites, tear up the landing sites themselves, or do damage in deeper > water somehow? > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ethern M., Lin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Update: >> >> The submarine cable down first is EAC since 8/9. FNAL down >> today(8/12). The cause might be typhone Morakot. Hongkong seems the >> most critical impact by these cable down. >> >> cheers, >> Ethern >> >> ============================= >> Ethern Lin <ethern at ascc.net> >> Network Division >> Computing Center, ACADEMIA SINICA >> Phone: +886-2-2789-9953 >> Fax : +886-2-2783-6444 >> ============================= >> >>

