As Effects of Taiwan Earthquake Continue to Disrupt Internet Communications, Companies Find Business Continuity with Akamai

This graph shows the average time taken to run a simple Web transaction. This is equivalent to a user viewing a Web page. The tests were run from three locations in China: Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The test Web server was located in Pennsylvania, U.S. Users viewing the page without Akamai would have seen total failures or would have waited for close to two minutes. A week later, users still have an average 30-second delay. When delivered by Akamai, users would have noticed very little issue accessing content. (Graphic: Business Wire)

The times when the earthquake was measured does not correspond to the spikes that Akamai saw on the transaction or loss graphs. Instead, over a period of 12 - 14 hours after the earthquake, several undersea cables went down. The earthquake happened at 12:25 GMT on Dec 26th. (Graphic: Business Wire)