Trans-pacific internet speeds compromised by Taiwan quake
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And that's gonna take 3 weeks man! PIANG EH!Originally posted by fudgester:Oh well... I guess we'll just have to wait until the cables are repaired.
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Damn it, my tagboard on my my blog cannot be accessed, even though ping says no packet loss,n google is still down ... By the time google is restored, i guess the spam section would have tonnes of mail ...
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Hubber here..its much better now compared to the past 2 days. Youtube is fast, browsing of websites is rather slow but nothing unbearable. Gaming on Bnet is smooth too. Guess we'll have to wait for some time now before they get their cables fixed.
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I'm using SingNet at the office and still can't access Google and Gmail. Yahoo seems to be fine now. At home this morning [using Starhub], Gmail was quite ok... accessible but slow.
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seriously they go down underwater to repair the cables?
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Now my access to SGForum is also affected.
KNN, cannot rant for a few days liao.... -
wowOriginally posted by MyPillowTalks:seriously they go down underwater to repair the cables? -
ur title makes it sound like its taiwans fault our connection has prob
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they bring up the cables, or maybe, some machines go down ...Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:seriously they go down underwater to repair the cables? -
In this case, its like finding a needle in a haystack. Its the pacific ocean for chrissakes.Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:seriously they go down underwater to repair the cables? 
Maybe if it was a gas or oil pipeline, but how do you see data leaking into the sea? -
I am so frustrated by the slow connection speeds and I can't access most of the websites...
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They uses ROV(remotely operated vehicles) and uses high tech ultra-sound machines to find it, similar to those used to check/inspect metal welds, or maybe they use sonar, powerful enough to penetrate the seabed.By using ultra-sound for example, sound waves travels thru the seabed and if it hits an object, the sound wave is reflected and an image is formed, as seen by different clolours and shape.For example, the seabed will be represented by orange or brown and red colour, whereas the cables detected will be coloured as blue or green. Or maybe they use those offshore oil and gas technologies used to pin point the exact location of the gas and oil pockets. ROVs were used to bring up the cables and also help the divers manage the cables that's out of reach from humans.Originally posted by ditzy:In this case, its like finding a needle in a haystack. Its the pacific ocean for chrissakes. Maybe if it was a gas or oil pipeline, but how do you see data leaking into the sea? 
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knn i wan send song also cannot _|_ dem
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Volunteer yourself in the pacific oceans in place of the ROVs.Originally posted by madhardy4:I am so frustrated by the slow connection speeds and I can't access most of the websites...
Just hope the cable repairs will be finished asap. -
why did they build such a important cable around a earthquake prone region in the first place... why not pull the cable down to somewhere stable... like around the equator..
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gmail totally unaccessible !!! right ?Originally posted by FireIce:msn still not very ok
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My online game lag like siao
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like that, so easy for terrorists to target Singapore. The ocean so big, to catch them like trying to catch ghosts...
Earthquake in Taiwan, Singapore affected so badly. -
Perhaps we should really start to consider satellites as a major option for transmitting internet traffic.
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And what if they break down too? Who's going up there to fix them?Originally posted by dakkon_blackblade:Perhaps we should really start to consider satellites as a major option for transmitting internet traffic. -
finally can access sgforums just a while ago, the whole day i can't even go to any overseas website.Looks like starhub users got their problems fixed sooner than those using singnet from what i have read so far
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Sian....Still need to bid
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SingNet takes so long to recover....now I finally can surf sgforums....
omg, i access gmail liao
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wa lao still cannot access gmail...zzz... confirm flooded liao
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Finally I can log in now!