Re: China's Internet Out of Order Until January 15

Associated Press News Wire wrote in :

China Telecom said that by rerouting traffic through satellite > transmissions and landline cables connecting China and Europe, about > 70% of overseas Internet connections had been reconnected. > But the official was quoted as saying the link to North America would > not be significantly improved until the undersea cables were repaired. > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Does this mean spam from China will be > taking a two week holiday (albiet a forced one)? PAT]

According to someone working at a big ISP there has been quite a drop in spam from Asia.

The 'void' was filled by spambots in America and Europe sending out more.

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That's good, that they had a 'stand by' plan in place so that we did not have to concern ourselves with millions of pieces of 'missing spam'. PAT]
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