Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Luggers, I didn't realize how addicted I am to the LUG and the photographs posted on it until I couldn't access most of the photos any more! :-( The Boxing Day 7.2 magnitude earthquake off Taiwan disrupted 6 of the 7 undersea cables carrying internet between Asia and North America. Service is still not restored completely because rough seas are preventing the repair ships from raising and fixing the cables. The result is that, although the LUG has come back on (slowly), I can't access pictures posted on the LUG if they are put up on servers located in NA because service is so slow that my server times them out before they load. So, I can read comments about pictures but can't see them for myself. The situation is predicted to go on for several more days if not a week or more. Just wanted to share how frustrating this is and how vulnerable the internet really is . . . Food for thought. Howard (isolated and picture-less in Hong Kong)