" Earthquakes off Taiwan knocks out undersea cables… and the mrbrown show
Update, 2.52pm Wed, 27 Dec 2006: Looks like we’re getting our connections back. The podcasts are now downloadable again though it may a bit slow. No guarantees you can play World of Warcraft though, and MSN seems to still be down. My .Mac is up though. Heheh.
Many of you in Singapore may be experiencing problems accessing the shows today because of the internet downtime created by the earthquakes near Taiwan. Internet access of online content outside Singapore is affected, while you can still surf locally hosted sites.
Our podcast files are hosted in the US while this site is hosted in Singapore (which is why you can still read it in Singapore).
So please bear with us if you cannot download any of the shows here. We will keep you updated once the internet is back up for Singapore. Unless you are in the US or Europe, in which case, you should have no problems getting the files.
Earthquake in Taiwan results in slow internet service in Singapore
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 27 December 2006 1153 hrs
SINGAPORE: Despite the distance, Tuesday night’s earthquake in Taiwan made its presence felt in Singapore.
Internet providers StarHub and SingTel say the earthquake caused disruptions to the undersea cables, resulting in slow internet access to some sites.
Both companies say internet traffic diversion and restoration works are currently underway.
SingTel adds that its undersea cable system with Europe was not affected. - CNA
December 27th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
Hmm… no wonder my internet was darn slow just now and viewing Google took an hour
December 27th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
At least this shows us that whose the Boss around….
Not the white lightning, not homosapien, but MOTHER NATURE
December 27th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
No wonder…
December 27th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
argh dang i got dced twice while playing world of warcraft i was so pissed i couldnt even load youtube lol but im still dowmloading the podcast at a slow speed is it just me?
December 27th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
wah. damn sian sia. but i played WoW for awhile leh, but sibeh lag. do SM keep dc.
December 27th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
walau, no wonder lah…
December 27th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Heng Mr Brown Show still working..
December 27th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Still issues across all of Asia. Singapore was one of the worst hit by the outage with 100% packet loss at times. However, it’s comforting to know that in times of crisis, I can still ready your blog! :)
December 27th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
i even caanot online at msn and play habbo .
December 27th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
I also kenna. Very unlucky eh. Anyway, why must the podcast files are hosted in US?
December 27th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
I am really not sure why is Singapore news also filtering out information on this?
Do we know what exactly went wrong, and how long more do we still expect the lag in our net-surfing?
Eager to know what exactly happen, and how long it will probably take?
Take a look at the Bloomberg web site and you will get it all: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aFQUj_CM458c&refer=asia
December 27th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Wah.. No wonder lar! I’m living in the US now and could NOT access ANY of the Singapore-hosted websites I tried including this, singtel, pacnet… I thought something was wrong with my comp and the internet connection or something. Looks like now have to wait lor… >_
December 28th, 2006 at 7:32 am
Check here for more details: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=abWXXFCLm2Ms&refer=asia
Wonder why CNA does not cover this story properly…
December 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
wah…i can’t even download the podcasts,can’t login to anything…any idea when is everything gonna be ok?
December 28th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
No wonder… Even now I cant read gmail… Lucky MBShow still up.
December 28th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Sian i cannot download any of the podcasts……
December 29th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Singnet is done with almost all the probs. Can dl agen.