The Death of The International Connection: Day 2

28 December 2006, Jakarta

It’s been 2 days since the 7.1 SR hit Taiwan couple days ago and the international connection from my ISP is still down. I can’t connect to any server outside Indonesia. None, nothing, zero, zip, zap, bla bla bla.

The bad news is the restoration of the undersea fiber optic cable will take 2 or 3 weeks. Now that is a bad news, a very bad news for a person or company who rely their business on the internet connection, especially international connection. For me, a remote worker who have to communicate with my employer with messenger, upload my work to FTP server and discuss with other employees in a web based program that is a very horrible news. 1-3 days will be fine, but 2-3 weeks? Man…

I can understand that there is nothing we can do with the earthquake, but I’m sure we (should) have plans to do after the earthquake. I hope, my ISP have the plan B for this kind of situation and solve the international connection problem in couple days ahead, whether re-route it into satellite or another undersea fiber optic cable or anything.

The important thing is I want the international connection back normal in couple days not couple weeks or months! This is serious. I have my wife and a daughter behind me. How many person in Indonesia have the same problem like me right now? I’m sure, there is a lot.

Can I sue my ISP if there is something bad happen with the relationship between me and my employer out there? Or may I sue the board of government who responsible for this kind of problem?

Browsing the internet with no international connection is like walking in a closed-box. Damn!

Update

Day4: My messenger is online now. Still can not access Yahoo and Google. Everything seems to be ok by now.

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1. Deon, 28 December 2006 at 10:16

heuiheihie… makannya den.. jangan pake speedy bapuk.. :P hieuheui ilang semua dah klient.. parah banget nih den.. bencana juga buat orang2 kaya kita gini.. kuli2.. :D

2. anggikrisna, 29 December 2006 at 06:39

wah tau ginih….. lo nulis make bahasa inggris.. gue kasih tulisan ini aja ke klien gue :D. kemaren gue nerangin one by one ke mereka mengenai apa yang terjadi dengan bahasa inggris yang kacrut…huheuhuehuehue :D

tau dah ngerti kaga yah???!! sumpah sebel banget

3. anima, 29 December 2006 at 08:01

can sue nobody, because this is a disaster. nobody wanted it to happen. im (almost) in the same position with you, im an employer who works remotely. this means if is gonna happen for a month, business is going to die. and again, im going to be jobless

damn

4. Yogi, 29 December 2006 at 09:54

Wah om Deny skarang dah full freelance ya?
Sejak kmaren sore kantor gw yg pake Telkom Corporate dah bisa akses situs2 luar, ada beberapa sih yg msh lemot atau malah ga kebuka…tapi anehnya ada juga situs2 yg host di luar speednya kenceng abiss dari pada biasanya (e.g: kaskus, youtube)

5. Fernando, 29 December 2006 at 11:02

force major cong. sabar aja…
kerjaan lo masukin disket aja trus kirim lewat TiKi :p
eh, dah pake VoIP Rakyat blm?
pake dong biar enak ngobrol2. :D
eh iya, tapi speedy gak ngaruh ya sama benwit lokal? tetep diitung! pemerasan banget tuh speedy. harusnya benwit lokal free dong! :(

6. deny.sri.supriyono, 29 December 2006 at 11:47

deon: kayanya kalo kasusnya gini, nggak masalah speedy-nya deh :D (mencoba obyektif)

anggikrisna: elo sih jarang maen ke sini :))

anima: there is no plan B, C, D..Z from the ISP or regulator ya? hope everything will be ok soon, anima ;)

Yogi: udah, yog. di rumah gue nggak bisa akses sama sekali ke luar negeri nih. damn.

Fernando: tiki ndasmu :D no hurt feeling to speedy, i’m ok with it :P

7. anima, 29 December 2006 at 03:04

nope, no plans here. damned ISP :(
btw they said they have it under control already, but not here..

8. deny.sri.supriyono, 29 December 2006 at 03:17

anima: neither with me, anima. i can reach nowhere right now.

9. Deon, 30 December 2006 at 01:25

hueh..dikantor gw dah nyala… tapi di rumah lum nyala juga.. :(( uuuf.. trus tadi nelp 147 dan katan CSnya begini “oh.. sudah sebagian yang bisa pak, tapi yang belum harap di tunggu saja..” sampai kapannya gak jelas.. :( kayaknya itu yang dah nyambung cuma untuk yang corporate.. buat yang kaya gw gini pasti di nomer 121204200354 kan.. hiks hiks..

10. deny.sri.supriyono, 30 December 2006 at 07:08

Deon: iya tuh, kayanya yang corporate dah pada nyala. kalo yang personal kayanya emang di nomer segitukan deh :)) cobain search.live.com deh, cuma itu yang bisa dari rumah gue.

11. joaquin, 17 January 2007 at 09:19

Sekarang ude lumayan koneksi sini, cuman berapa prov saja yg masih dudutz (telkom), buka situs server luar macam yahoo maupun Auk Ah Glap.com masih lumayan lelet.