Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
For the past two days we have been unable to access the internet outside Borneo. Yesterday there was a partial return but service was and remains very slow and unreliable with many sites remaining unreachable.
So, is Asia really "on the Internet" or not?
I think you will find that the problem is more to do with finance and cost models that the physical topography. A lot of ISPs constrain their trafic via "least cost routing" and prohibit that trafic from making use of alternate routes.
To use a flying example, if you want to go from HK to SF you would set off east rather than west. You could still get there if you went west, via India and Europe, but at extra cost and time.
Most of the Internet services are back to normal now, even though the cables have not been repaired. Why? Routing restrictions have been relaxed, allowing the net to function as designed.