Asia back online after quakes, but access patchy
Due to the earthquake in Taiwan a few days ago, the internet services in Hong Kong and many other asian countries are still being affected seriously. Many of the websites are still inaccessible or just very slow to be accessed. We sincerely apologize to our visitors who are being affected.
SINGAPORE (Dec 28, 2006): Telecommunications across Asia were slowly being restored today after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged cables and knocked thousands offline, but access in parts of South Korea and Taiwan was still patchy.
Most of Asia’s telephone traffic was restored while Internet access in many countries had also improved, a day after businesses and home users from Seoul to Sydney were hit by one of the most widespread tech disruptions in Asia.
South Korea’s top fixed-line and broadband operator KT Corp said six submarine cables owned by a consortium of telecoms firms had been disconnected yesterday, knocking out thousands of telephone and broadband connections.
KT Corp restored most of the telephone services but broadband services for some clients, including banks and the country’s foreign ministry, remained unavailable.
