I don't see the situation improving...
From http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm,
Singtel international gateway is still 0 and is facing a 100%
packet loss.
Even if they try routing internet traffic via other countries
gateways, ping and latency will still be high as these are
secondary routes.
Taken from one forum (lowyat.net),
An industry insider attributed it to a Richter 7.1 earthquake in
Taiwan, causing a major cable problem at APCN2 S7 (Asia Pacific
Cable Network 2, Segment S7) between Shantou-Tanshui at 00:07hr
today, resulting in congested international links to Malaysia,
Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.
According to Reuters AlertNet UK, a total of six submarine cables
were affected by the earthquake. See breaking news on Google.
Total capacity lost due to the APCN2 S7 problem was estimated at
around 7 Gbps, the industry insider told Screenshots.
The net result is that, on the end-user side like you and I, we
will experience high latency, and packet lost when you try to
upload to/download from the affected destinations.
Sample latency to the US was 922ms, Hong Kong 45ms, Japan 542ms,
Taiwan 304ms, and Korea 1,000ms.
APCN2 provides for swift service recovery
APCN2 is the longest international seabed fibre cable network,
19,000km in total length, in the Asia-Pacific, linking China,
Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and onward to
linking America, Europe and Australia. The network went into
operation in October 2002 for the initial phase.
The project was spearheaded by 26 telecommunications companies,
namely Advantel, Cable & Wireless Global Network,
Cable&Wireless HKT, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa
Telecom, Concert, Global Network Services, Global One, Japan
Telecom, KDD Corpe ration, Korea Telecom, KPN, Layer 2, MCI,
WorldCom, Metromedia Giber Network Service, NTT Com, NCIC, OneLink
Cable Network, PLDT, StarHub, SingTel, Taiwan Fixed Network,
Teleglobe, Telekom Malaysia, Telstra and Williams
Communications.
The APCN2 cable system was designed to provide 2.56 Terrabits per
second (Tbps) using state-of-the-art Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) technology to provide upgradeable, future proof
transmission facilities. However, APCN2 currently runs on a
designated transmission capacity of 160 Gigabits per second
(Gbps).
According to the APCN2 agreement, Malaysia maintains a Terminal
Station at Segment T2, Kuantan, which is within Segment S2 and
represented by TM Berhad. Whereas, Segment S7 affected by this
morning's earthquake consists of submarine cable containing four
(4) optical fibre pairs that connect the Network Interfaces at the
Terminal Station at Tanshui (Taiwan); and at the Terminal Station
at Shantou (Mainland China).
Under the APCN2 specifications, all Segment S are terminal stations
equipped with critical terminal equipment, including Network
Interface for STM-1, STM-4, STM-16 and STM-64 levels.
Critically, the APCN2 Agreement also provisions that all Segment S
must maintain adequate inventory of related spare and standby units
and components, which include but not limited to optical
amplifiers, BUs (Branching Units), cable lengths, and terminal
equipment.
The customers' anticipation is none other than swift service
recovery.
Source not verified...
