(Transcript: When bombs went off in Mumbai, the first thing I did was go to Flickr (click photo to see more) and YouTube to check photos and videos taken by people who might have witnessed it. These popular social networking websites now allow people to capture history. In today’s wired world, the unfolding of events can be documented almost instantaneously with technology. But can we describe this practice journalism?)
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(Ironically, I’m currently experiencing faster Internet despite this report. Go figure.)
Yes this explains the “intermittent” or slowing down of Internet services since this morning. Apparently, the 7.1 earthquake that hit Taiwan damaged major submarine fiber optic cables connecting the Philippines to the international networks.
Read the full story at INQUIRER.net.
On a side note, some business process outsourcing companies in the country suffered downtime due to this “unexpected” disaster. The impact of the damage is not yet known, or when will the services become normal. Abangan.
The quake has also forced RP BPO firms to revisit disaster preparedness. Read the rest of the story at INQUIRER.net.
I also did some searches in blogs and in some forums and found interesting reactions. You can read them here, here, and here.
I also found this interesting blog entry on how call centers reacted to this serious downtime.
Here’s more from TaiwanPinoy blog. It adds:
Repair is estimated to take 3 weeks, but Taiwan’s major telecom players are looking for satellite alternatives to alleviate the bottleneck.
This is my nth blog. But since it is here, I'm trying it out. Vox appears to be a cool blogging system because of the interface and simple ways to attach photos, audio, videos, etc. I will try this out for a while until I get the hang of it. In the meantime, you can also check my other blogs at Cyberbaguioboy or Erwin Oliva.
That's me on the guitar with a young, adoring fan (hahahaha).I think I was playing Eric Claption's Tears in Heaven when this photo was shot.(See the real video and the man himself.)
