Latest news: The typhoon Morakot cause rare debris flow under sea and damage many cable systems at southern Taiwan more than earthquake at 2005/12/25.
Announced by CHT, Chunghwa telecom: http://english.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Detail.aspx?pSearchDate=&pNewsID=200908120038&pType1=ED&pType0=xEMST&pTypeSel=0 cheers, Ethern ============================= Ethern Lin <ethern at ascc.net> Network Division Computing Center, ACADEMIA SINICA Phone: +886-2-2789-9953 Fax : +886-2-2783-6444 ============================= On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ethern M., Lin<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> ============================= >>> >>> >
