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Posted by: George Di
Falco on January 5, 2007 11:27 AM

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10,000 Chinese Domain Names Lost Due
to Quake

Chinese domain owners lost about 10,000 domain names, when a 7.1
earthquake struck the coast of Taiwan on December 26. The quake cut
undersea cables and severed international telecommunications lines

January 5, 2007 – (TopHosts News Brief) – According to recent
reports, a December 26th earthquake near Taiwan caused close to
10,000 Chinese website operators to lose their .com Internet
addresses, because of telecom problems.

Major international telecommunications lines were severed by the
quake, causing thousands of .com domain to vanish from world
registries. Disruptions to overseas Web connections by the quake
also prevented Chinese users from accessing the overseas registries
to re-register the names.

The undersea earthquake damaged
cables carrying most of the region’s telecom traffic, which caused
widespread communications disruptions affecting Taiwan, China, Hong
Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and elsewhere.

According to the Beijing Times, although underlying websites were
unaffected, more than 9,000 domain-holders lost use of their .com
addresses, and the number was expected to grow as the Internet
disruptions continue.

Telecommunications firms sent repair ships to the waters off
southern Taiwan, to repair the damage but have said connections
might not be fully restored for weeks.

Posted by: George Di Falco on
January 5, 2007 11:27 AM

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