[AU/SG] Could be down because of....

[Kentins]

Well as you know AU & SG are down many of you may or may not know that there was a earthquake in Singapore and theres the database in Singapore and this could be affecting it.

Internet access in Singapore severely affected by Taiwan quake
By Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 27 December 2006 1803 hrs

SINGAPORE : Internet and phone services were disrupted in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia following Tuesday's earthquake in Taiwan.

The strong earthquake in Taiwan had damaged several undersea cables around the island.

Many internet users had difficulty accessing sites online, especially US sites.

The instant messaging service was also down.

Internet users faced a long wait in downloading information on the internet.

Some e-commerce activities were also affected as a result of problems with internet and telecommunication systems.

Singapore internet service provider StarHub and Southeast Asia's largest telco SingTel say the earthquake caused disruptions to the undersea cables, resulting in slow internet access to some sites.

Both companies say internet traffic diversion and restoration works are currently underway. - CNA /ls
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I got this source of information here (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/249388/1/.html)

[obiki]

Many rumours said this yes. I think they're right :o

[Caution]

Nice find.

[Ekalb]

Because the au offices in Sydney are so close to singapore -.-

Unless au has a few servers in singapore. I've heard a few people say that although I don't think it's true. Why not have them at the offices.

[Kentins]

Because the au offices in Sydney are so close to singapore -.-

There not...

[Art]

Most people from Western Australia, South Australia and NSW can go on.

[Blue]

tis quite close. I looked on google maps

[Kentins]

tis quite close. I looked on google maps

Oh I thought he was being sarcastic

[Blue]

yeah it does look like sarcasm

[Ekalb]

I was being sarcastic.
If they haven't moved then the habbo au offices are in sydney or around there. Sydney is is the fairly lower East part of Austraia, however singapore is very very far North West of Australia.

"tis quite close. I looked on google maps"
Are you sure you are looking at the scale and not just putting a ruler on the map and saying! Oh it's only say, 8cm away!
4th year geography ftw

So unless some of Australia's servers lie in Singapore (Not really much point to that) or a magical fault line has appeared connecting Sydney and Singapore I doubt that's the reason. I am from NSW and I can not connect to au. I guess I'll have to do my business on another hotel.

[Bryan84]

yeah confirm it's not workin .. i'm a SG player.

[Art]

Im still connected.... 1 of 17 Habbos online WOO :D

Cant wait till its just me and Mod-Dogtired lmao


"Despite the distance, Tuesday night's earthquake in Taiwan made its presence felt in Singapore.

Internet providers StarHub and SingTel say the earthquake caused disruptions to the undersea cables, resulting in slow internet access to some sites."

[Bryan84]

i am missing Habbo!! :(

[yoink]

Don't be daft.
Both the Australian hotel & the Singaporean hotel are located in the SingTel data centre in Singapore. There's no need to host them in Australia as it's significantly more expensive & the different between getting data from Singapore & Sydney is like a hundredth of a split second!! Hosting two hotels (both reasonably small) on the one cluster is more efficient than hosting them in two locations which are close. The only thing located in Australia are the Sydney Sulake offices, which are, purely that. Only staff use this location, the tech stuff is in Singapore.

As for the downtime, it could be any period from 24 hours to more than a week. However, everyone needs to remember that the more time the hotel is down for, the less $$ Sulake is receiving, not to mention the advertising revenue lost.

The earthquake which caused the problem was in TAIWAN, not Singapore. However, cables connecting other areas of the world from the SingTel data centre were affected by the earth activity, thus producing this problem. Some areas of the world (States in Australia in particular) will be able to access the site at some times, mainly because 2 of the 7 cables were damaged.

Thanks

[Assassinator]

oo ulcuky AU/SG

[Art]

meh im 1 of 12 still on LMAO

[Kentins]

meh im 1 of 12 still on LMAO

Which state do you live in?

[Art]

WA

;D

10 Habbos online

[Kentins]

Oh I see... I live in Victoria xD

[Art]

All the mods are offline LMAO :D

People are swearing there heads off ^^

[Bryan84]

Don't be daft.
Both the Australian hotel & the Singaporean hotel are located in the SingTel data centre in Singapore. There's no need to host them in Australia as it's significantly more expensive & the different between getting data from Singapore & Sydney is like a hundredth of a split second!! Hosting two hotels (both reasonably small) on the one cluster is more efficient than hosting them in two locations which are close. The only thing located in Australia are the Sydney Sulake offices, which are, purely that. Only staff use this location, the tech stuff is in Singapore.

As for the downtime, it could be any period from 24 hours to more than a week. However, everyone needs to remember that the more time the hotel is down for, the less $$ Sulake is receiving, not to mention the advertising revenue lost.

The earthquake which caused the problem was in TAIWAN, not Singapore. However, cables connecting other areas of the world from the SingTel data centre were affected by the earth activity, thus producing this problem. Some areas of the world (States in Australia in particular) will be able to access the site at some times, mainly because 2 of the 7 cables were damaged.

Thanks

Well said! :eusa_clap

[Kentins]

Lol Flipton xD!!!, Well said? It's basically what I said in longer details.

[Herman]

there was a earthquake in Singapore
There wasn't. I'm in singapore and there was no earthquake. However, I believe some parts of singapore felt the presence of an earthquake. But yes, the internet here is pretty dodgy and everything's going nuts. But tbh I just hope the taiwanese people are okay.

[You]

All the mods are offline LMAO :D

People are swearing there heads off ^^
Screenies?

[Bryan84]

Earthquake in Singapore?! Hahhaha nono:D

[yoink]

Yes, well it shouldn't be down for too long, time is money after all. Flipton, maybe you should grab yourself a medal for being one of seventeen Habbos online, or one for waiting so long to do so. :eusa_wall

[Bryan84]

hopefully after tonight sleep, it will be ok tomorrow.

[Kentins]

hopefully after tonight sleep, it will be ok tomorrow.

To bad it's still down.

[Art]

In the meantime, best wishes for the new year from all the staff at Habbo AU.

Probobly will be back up after new years.

[Bryan84]

To bad it's still down.


yeah sadly ...

[Lexm]

The submarine cable is cut off December 26th (the fire) by the earthquake which in the night occurs with the Taiwan southern open sea, communication obstacle occurs. In connection with this, presently we have entered in a state where it cannot access the ", Habbo hotel", several days it is expected in restoration that it is required. We bet annoyance in only utilization very much, but please wait for a while to restoration. Something, understanding we ask cooperation


Thats coming from habbo.jp

[Bryan84]

Oh Japan is also affected eh?

[Shawnstra]

I'm from Singapore and went to Taiwan 5 times so I can give you a more detailed explanation:

Earthquake measuring 7.1 [According to US] or 6.8 [According to Taiwan] hit the southern part of Taiwan [Kenting], damaging 6/7 undersea data cables.

Traffic from the US/UK has to be diverted to Australia and Japan. Hence its really congested and pages takes ages to load.

Refer to this: http://www.todayonline.com/pdf_open.asp?id=2812FPG001

[Bryan84]

i am more concern as to when the hotel will be up again :(

[Shawnstra]

Yep, 2 people dead in Taiwan so far... :eusa_booh :'(

[Art]

oo tv just said it while i was reading wth

"It could be weeks before the cables are repaired"

hm...

"A reminder to the society how reliant we have become on technology only available in the last decade"

"Some buisnesses have lost over 1 billion dollars already" o.o

"I dont think the government in Australia is prepared for a disaster like this"

"Could take upto 3 weeks to repair the cables"

God they make it seem like the end of the world rofl.

[Bryan84]

So long ... :( gosh ...

[Lexm]

Lol. i find this funny. we rely on cabes, and when they fail we go haywire.

[Art]

hm it is pretty funny ;D

Grosby go on messenger ;P

[Bryan84]

Hahah rythms well ... :D

[Kentins]

Oh well theres lie 20 other hotels to go on while AU is down this will be good to catch up with some of my old UK buddies

[Bryan84]

i don't play any other hotels even though i am currently killing time in Habbo US actually.

[Herman]

i don't play any other hotels even though i am currently killing time in Habbo US actually.
Tbh you should just go out. Stop staying at home and waiting for habbo to reopen. ;)

And it's funny how much we humans rely on technology. Just because a few cables snapped the whole world goes haywire.

[Nether$]

You wont loose your furni e.t.c. Its all stored in a database in the hotels office, the only reason why the hotels are down is because the under sea cables have been destroyed. All internet traffic is automatticly redirected via other cables increacing web traffic on all lines worldwide. Thats why it takes (may take) longer for pages to load, but im sure this has been said before :)

[Bryan84]

Yeah but strange like ... 80% of traffic has been reroute. yet why isn't Habbo up yet?

[Art]

You wont loose your furni e.t.c. Its all stored in a database in the hotels office, the only reason why the hotels are down is because the under sea cables have been destroyed. All internet traffic is automatticly redirected via other cables increacing web traffic on all lines worldwide. Thats why it takes (may take) longer for pages to load, but im sure this has been said before :)

Noone spoke about loosing furni.... >;l

[Bryan84]

Noone spoke about loosing furni.... >;l

yeah that's right ... :eusa_wall