[116648] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Another fiber cut near Taiwan ? due to Typhoon Morakot ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ethern M., Lin)
Wed Aug 12 12:12:04 2009
In-Reply-To: <8582c31a0908120905w6491df93l5731f10be7e423a7@mail.gmail.com>
From: "Ethern M., Lin" <ethern@ascc.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:10:34 +0800
To: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> 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.
Its 2006/12/26, not 2005.
cheers,
Ethern
>
> Announced by CHT, Chunghwa telecom:
>
> http://english.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Detail.aspx?pSearchDate=3D&pNewsID=3D2=
00908120038&pType1=3DED&pType0=3DxEMST&pTypeSel=3D0
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> cheers,
> Ethern
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> Ethern Lin <ethern at ascc.net>
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ethern M., Lin<ethern@ascc.net> 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 de=
eper
>>> water somehow?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ethern M., Lin <ethern@ascc.net> wrot=
e:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>> Ethern Lin <ethern at ascc.net>
>>>> Network Division
>>>> Computing Center, ACADEMIA SINICA
>>>> Phone: +886-2-2789-9953
>>>> Fax =C2=A0: +886-2-2783-6444
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