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Getting around a break in internet communications would require significant investment. Is anyone willing to make it?
The skinny white phone cable running across the floor of the offices of International Risk in Hong Kong spoke volumes. For a company that specializes in research, much of it running through the internet, this connection was an effective (if not elegant) lifeline.
It was put after December 26, when an earthquake near Taiwan damaged nine undersea fiber-optic cables connecting much of East Asia with the rest of the world, rendering broadband internet and telecom services useless.
It was put after December 26, when an earthquake near Taiwan damaged nine undersea fiber-optic cables connecting much of East Asia with the rest of the world, rendering broadband internet and telecom services useless.
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