Packet loss caused by earthquake?

[Skinnypupp]

I noticed that most sites I try to connect to in the US are having major packet loss issues, as soon as it leaves Hong Kong. Both cogentco.com and qwest.net are dropping like mad:

1 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 192.168.0.1
2 12 ms 14 ms 15 ms pcd-hhm32-1-ex.netvigator.com [116.48.120.254]
3 13 ms 14 ms 16 ms n219076124250.netvigator.com [219.76.124.250]
4 17 ms 14 ms 15 ms pcd507254.netvigator.com [218.102.39.254]
5 * 20 ms 12 ms ge12-1.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.61.197]
6 182 ms * * te8-3.ccr02.sjc03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.11.161]
7 179 ms * 186 ms te2-2.ccr02.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.77]
8 182 ms * * te0-0-0-4.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.1.129]
9 * 219 ms * te0-4-0-6.ccr21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.45.65]
10 * 224 ms 223 ms te0-4-0-3.ccr21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.157]
11 236 ms 232 ms 229 ms te3-2.ccr01.dtw04.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.31.21]
12 235 ms 234 ms 235 ms 38.104.40.46
13 237 ms 238 ms 232 ms 208.86.248.2

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 13 ms 14 ms 13 ms pcd-hhm32-1-ex.netvigator.com [116.48.120.254]
3 12 ms 13 ms 14 ms n219076117250.netvigator.com [219.76.117.250]
4 15 ms 14 ms 13 ms pcd507202.netvigator.com [218.102.39.202]
5 16 ms 14 ms 16 ms 63-218-215-185.static.pccwglobal.net [63.218.215.185]
6 181 ms * * sjp-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net [63.146.27.165]
7 204 ms * 205 ms boi-core-01.inet.qwest.net [67.14.39.54]
8 206 ms 209 ms * boi-edge-05.inet.qwest.net [205.171.155.34]
9 * * 210 ms 63-232-98-18.dia.static.qwest.net [63.232.98.18]
10 204 ms * * gi2-7.dc1.boi.spro.net [198.60.194.62]
11 206 ms * * host-204-228-223-164.ns1.spro.net [204.228.223.164]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.

Anyone else having this problem? I remember a similar thing happening a few years ago after an earthquake in Taiwan...

[colingally]

Yeah our internet is slow on certain US based websites this morning.

[shri]

Yes, lots of slow connections as I assume people are watching a far more rich media telecasts (like I am on BBC), bad routing by low cost consumer ISPs ( Europe traffic routes through US as opposed to Middle East) AND perhaps some cables being lost / equipment damaged (not confirmed).

No problems at work through HGC. Have had problems at home on PCCW.

What a weekend to schedule major upgrades. (We were going to turn on a virtual server in a Tokyo datacenter this weekend...)

[Skinnypupp]

Know of a public DNS in Europe which will route our connections the other way?

[shri]

DNS does not do routing. DNS tells you where the server is (IP address) and your ISP then sends the packet down the best / cheapest route.

[Cwbguy]

PCCW extremely slow here this morning.

[packy_crusher]

That's for sure. PCCW is hosed and I cannot even connect to the Playstation Network.

[Ariakas]

Yup, Netvigator slow as heck on overseas sites.

[krypton]

seems APCN-2 intra-Asian cable is damaged. Access is slow this morning.

[mrdollars]

Anyone spoke to PCCW for an official explantion?