A segment of the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea cable
network between China and Taiwan suffered a serious cable fault on
Wednesday, causing Internet traffic to be rerouted onto other undersea
cables and slowing Internet access for some users in Southeast Asia.
At
about 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday, local time, an alarm signaled a cable
fault on Segment 7 of APCN2, which connects Hong Kong and Shantou,
China. The disruption caused a temporary loss of service on the
undersea link but all customers that use the cable were soon shifted to
capacity on other cables, according to a source familiar with the
situation.
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