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...that own and lease the networks to iron out emergency procedures, which are complicated by contractual obligations and pricing agreements. The best solution, says Chan, is the construction of more pathways. China's Internet population alone increased by 30% last year; at current growth rates, China is projected to reach maximum capacity on its current networks by 2008. More cable networks are in the works. One consortium plans to invest $500 million to lay the first transpacific cable directly linking China and the U.S., while another is planning a link between Southeast Asia and the U.S., bypassing Taiwan. Technology...
...Whether or not the Bush Administration decides to send more troops to help secure Baghdad, it's widely agreed that the essence of the problem is political rather than military - unless Iraq's factions, including the government, are willing to reach a new accord, no amount of U.S. troops will be able to put Iraq back together. And the macabre political theater of Saddam's hanging was a reminder that no matter how many divisions it has in Baghdad, what the U.S. appears to lack is an Iraqi partner...
...people, damaged six key undersea cables off the coast of Taiwan and threw parts of the global telecommunications infrastructure into chaos. Asian businesses were left without email, Internet service and in some cases telephone connections to the outside world. Financial markets were interrupted. Even those who found they could reach some websites experienced download speeds reminiscent of antiquated dial-up service. Communications were returning to normal on Thursday, but network problems could persist for days or weeks until the submarine cables are repaired...
...service was largely unaffected. "We have no idea when these lines will be repaired," the spokesperson says. While the Tokyo offices of major financial firms Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch reported Thursday that their networks were functioning normally, some businesses in Japan complained of being unable to reach clients in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Rie Kuzumoto, who works at a publishing company, needed to make last-minute changes in an order placed with a Hong Kong supplier but could not get through by email or phone. "I feel very uneasy," Kuzumoto says...
...Paul Budde, a telecommunications analyst based in Australia, says that the indirect impact on Asia's economy of a hypothetical total outage could easily reach $1 billion a day. Restoring communications links will take time, Budde says, because specialized ships will be needed to hoist damaged cables from the sea floor for repair. "There are only a handful of (the ships) around the world," he says. "It's not an easy job. This is going to take days." On Thursday afternoon, officials from the Hong Kong Office of Telecommunications Authority reported that two cable-repair ships had been dispatched from...