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Taiwan Submarine Cable Map Showing Current Outage

58 points by phantomathkg 1y ago

aaron695 1y ago
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neilv 1y ago
Can someone explain? (Are all the reds failures? Is it all physical damage to cables, or some other cause?)
- irjustin 1y ago
  This whole page is an exercise in confusing UX. Left has "Active" in red because it's "Active Incident" not the cable is "Active" but at first glance "Active" makes it seem like the cable is operational.
yellow_lead 1y ago
The title is a bit misleading. We have internet here. We also have several cables currently damaged.
- phantomathkg 1y ago
  Sorry, should have said "Current Cable Outage" instead.
- re-thc 1y ago
  Exactly. It's not like Taiwan is the only place with cables damaged. Australia used to be worse.
  - gdjsjsbsbsj 1y ago
    I can remember when 1 cable outage cause all caused all of the east coast of Aus to lose internet access
everyone 1y ago
Is china cutting them?
- dheatov 1y ago
  Extremely likely. Related news: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202506120025 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202506120025
koenigdavidmj 1y ago
The alerts icon (triangle with a ! in it) shows a text list of the outages. There are many active; only one happened recently. They seem spaced out from each other, not indicative of a burst of Chinese naval activity.
- phantomathkg 1y ago
  It is not a burst but a consistent sabotage action happening in the background [1]. To make the matter worse, those vessels that commit the crime will be merchant ship flying flags of convenience. [2] [1] https://globaltaiwan.org/2025/03/countering-chinas-subsea-cable-sabotage/ https://globaltaiwan.org/2025/03/countering-chinas-subsea-ca.... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o
gslin 1y ago
For English translation about incidents, Google Translate for entire website might be helpful: https://smc-peering-tw.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en https://smc-peering-tw.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_t...
gslin 1y ago
Also some related news: * https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/china/undersea-cable-taiwan-intl-hnk https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/china/undersea-cable-taiw... * https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o

58 points by phantomathkg 1y ago

aaron695 1y ago

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neilv 1y ago

Can someone explain? (Are all the reds failures? Is it all physical damage to cables, or some other cause?)

irjustin 1y ago
This whole page is an exercise in confusing UX. Left has "Active" in red because it's "Active Incident" not the cable is "Active" but at first glance "Active" makes it seem like the cable is operational.

yellow_lead 1y ago

The title is a bit misleading. We have internet here. We also have several cables currently damaged.

phantomathkg 1y ago
Sorry, should have said "Current Cable Outage" instead.
re-thc 1y ago
Exactly. It's not like Taiwan is the only place with cables damaged. Australia used to be worse.
- gdjsjsbsbsj 1y ago
  I can remember when 1 cable outage cause all caused all of the east coast of Aus to lose internet access

everyone 1y ago

Is china cutting them?

dheatov 1y ago
Extremely likely. Related news: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202506120025 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202506120025

koenigdavidmj 1y ago

The alerts icon (triangle with a ! in it) shows a text list of the outages. There are many active; only one happened recently. They seem spaced out from each other, not indicative of a burst of Chinese naval activity.

phantomathkg 1y ago
It is not a burst but a consistent sabotage action happening in the background [1]. To make the matter worse, those vessels that commit the crime will be merchant ship flying flags of convenience. [2] [1] https://globaltaiwan.org/2025/03/countering-chinas-subsea-cable-sabotage/ https://globaltaiwan.org/2025/03/countering-chinas-subsea-ca.... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o

gslin 1y ago

For English translation about incidents, Google Translate for entire website might be helpful: https://smc-peering-tw.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en https://smc-peering-tw.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_t...

gslin 1y ago

Also some related news: * https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/china/undersea-cable-taiwan-intl-hnk https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/china/undersea-cable-taiw... * https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zy9jvd4o