The 7.2 Richter scale earthquake in Southern Taiwan caused the disconnection of the Trans-Pacific line, linking Asia with America. Internet access slowed to a crawl since yesterday. It was reported that connection will not return to normal for weeks!
This episode greatly impacted those that host their Internet services outside of China (usually in the US). In my case I can’t get to my emails and website.
Events like this would spur the development of local Internet and to move business critical Internet service locally instead of housing them across the Pacific. But still, with the regulatory environment in China, some may be hasitent to put content in China. It is a far-fetched fear but fear nevertheless.
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