I went to Hong Kong Dec. 25th for the holidays. The earthquake in Taiwan damaged undersea fiber cables, cutting off HK from the global internet for several days. We could get local and most China Internet but most US sites were inaccessible for days. Even phone service was out for a while. An FYI and reminder that the Internet is not eternal.... Dr. Milton Mueller Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://www.digital-convergence.org http://www.internetgovernance.org