Slow internet across the pacific??

[sep]

A Southern Cross fibre fault outside of San Jose, California is to blame for slow speeds across the pacific.

The slowdown began shortly after 7PM according to Internode, with customers from Telstra, Optus and iiNet among others all confirming slow speeds with significant packet loss. The Internet Traffic Report, the internet equivalent of a weather bureau, is not currently showing any abnormal activity.

No ETA is currently available for a fix to the problem.

Source: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1636?show=replies

To be honest I didn't feel anything. I use Optus. How did everyone else find this?
PS. Link was repaired at 2 AM.

 

[bozley05]

Our internet in AUS is so slow already anyway, so I doubt you would notice anything.

 

[Tree]

Man that sucks.

4.5 mbps, kick ---

 

[anhedonia]

Our internet in AUS is so slow already anyway, so I doubt you would notice anything.

*lol* So true.

 

[sep]

Well, this problem is supposed to be fixed, yet I can't get passed that 25k barrier. I usually get average of 300k.

PS. I'm talking bytes not bits.

 

[tandoc]

I think we should just leave this kinda talk for the Whinepool forums

 

[Paul]

I got Iprimus that go though telstra and they are the worst ISP in Melbourne,They are slow and have the worst support.

 

[Rifat]

I'm with telstra, I haven't noticed any difference and I'm based in Canberra as well.

 

[iBrightDev]

UPDATE | The link is reported to have been repaired early this morning (2:48AM AEST)

nothing to worry about now