Earthquakes Caused Slowing of Internet Connection

// December 27th, 2006

Comclark almost got a mouthful from me. Good thing my Mom told me about the Taiwan earthquakes that damaged the undersea cables, which have consequently caused the Internet services and bank transactions to slow down.

The main quake, measured by Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau at magnitude 6.7 and at magnitude 7.1 by the U.S. Geological Survey, struck off Taiwan’s southern coast at 1226 GMT on Tuesday. Two people were killed.

The Philippine telecommunication companies affected by the earthquakes include:

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (TEL.PS) said its Internet service was intermittent and international phone calls had been affected. Rival Globe Telecom (GLO.PS) said “the entire country’s telecom services to the United States were disrupted.” - Yahoo News

I’ve been having a hard time gaining access to my gmail account but not this annoyingly hard. I thought it has something to do with Google since I can access other sites although not as easy as when the Internet’s in good speed.

Let’s pray for those hit by the earthquakes and I hope that all those cables get repaired soon.