12-27-2006, 10:22 AM
Quote:Telecommunications around Asia were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions, particularly in the currency market.
International telephone traffic was restricted from some countries and Internet access slowed to a crawl...
In India, back offices and call centers experienced some difficulty, but industry officials said the full extent of the problem would not be known until later in the day when data and voice traffic peaked during European and U.S. business hours...
full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061227/wr_n...et_asia_dc