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June 18 |
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| mediaman Chairman speaks about new trends |
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June 18 |
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| Howard Johnson goes online |
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The breakdown in Internet service after yesterday's earthquakes in Taiwan underscores the vulnerability of a network that 1.1 billion people worldwide count on for e-mail, shopping and work.
`Because the Internet is a sort of virtual reality, people often forget that it's still made of physical assets,It can be impacted by earthquakes and fishermen accidentally pulling up cables.''
Parts of China, Singapore and Hong Kong lost service after a 7.1 magnitude quake and aftershocks damaged undersea cables. Cable owners rerouted Internet traffic and said phone and Internet access may be impaired for weeks.
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