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Some undersea fiber-optic cables that carry Internet and communications traffic to parts of Southeast Asia and China have already been repaired while officials continue to assess damage to others, a spokesperson for Chunghwa Telecom said Friday. Six of the important fiber-optic cables were damaged by undersea landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot as [...]

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 [...]