4 posts and columns on undersea cables

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Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables

in News on March 14, 2011 at 8:47 am PT

Asia’s major telecom operators scrambled Monday to eliminate the impact on their operations from damage to several submarine cables following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Despite the Quake, Japan's Internet Connections Are Going Strong

in Enterprise on March 12, 2011 at 8:50 am PT

The combination of the worst earthquake in memory and Tsunami wave hasn’t managed to cut Japan off from the Internet, one of the few bits of good news. Though as the Internet research firm Renesys reports, there has been some damage to key undersea cables.

Japan Earthquake Disrupts Wireless Networks, Manufacturing

in Enterprise on March 11, 2011 at 10:50 am PT

So far, Internet service in Japan seems to be running at or near normal. However, wireless phone networks have been disrupted, some undersea cables in the region have been damaged and some factories have been closed.