Taiwan earthquake , Jaring, Straemyx ,
Limit use of the Internet.
It's still not back to pre-Dec 27, 2006 yet. Malaysians who got back to work on January 3, 2007, after a long weekend have been advised to limit the use of the internet. (Huh! Its' 1997 all over again for net users !) The head of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) advises all Malaysians to cut back on
- non-vital communications like Skype, and other Voice-over-Internet ptotocal (VoiP) applications
- chat and instant messaging
- unnecessarily surfing the Internet
The reasons for the advise is that work is being done to repair the underground cables in Taiwan, and normal internet service is expected to be restored only in Mid January.
In the latest announcement from JARING, one of the Internet service provider in Malaysia, it is stated that :
Jaring services is now running at approximately 70% of the normal capacity. As optimisation is being done, we see continuous improvement by each day. Full recovery is expected by mid February.
...Ships have been dispatched to the affected site, and one ship actually encountered problem while attempting to repair a cable. The ship itself has to be repaired first – causing more delay to the restoration job.
To read the CEO's take on this issue, go to
Alternative Routes for Malaysian Internet
Round the Clock Works to Repair the Damaged Cables in Taiwan
There is no update announcement from Streamyx, the other Internet service provider, which I am using for my broadband services
I got cut off at least 4 times when I am writing this post. As a precaution, I saved the post in my notepad before clicking 'publish'. Is that what other bloggers are doing also?
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