Most basic services are restored, our e-mail system is running smoothly on our USA server. On the other hand many foreign websites are still either down (like MSN and a host of others) or difficult to reach (one being Yahoo). Large downloads are difficult or just impossible. Mainland China as well as Hong Kong still expect full return to normal to take a couple of weeks. Repair ships are in place near Taiwan but the earthquake has severely damaged 6 submarine cables; maybe one can be repaired in the near future.
So, e-mail in general will still be a bit unreliable, except for our own system. We will not be able to visit certain websites however.

cartoon SCMP – horror! No Internet!

28 December 2006
Due to an earthquake near Taiwan most submarine cables used for international Internet access have been damaged. Mainland China (as well as Hong Kong) is cut off.
As a result, this blog will not be updated in the next days; e-mail and everything else will STOP WORKING UNTIL SERVICE IS RESTORED. In case of urgency, please call or fax us! It seems phone lines and mobile are still working but problems here are possible.
(Gilbert from the USA)