IDA claims that internet access in Singapore is largely back to normal.

True, for general HTTP surfing, I’ve not had much problems. But the story is different with FTP. FTP access to all the dreamhosts servers are still crawling slow. I swore I could have pulled off all my hair waiting for the transfer to complete.

For those of you wondering how the submarine fibres in Asia are linked, this is an interesting read.

Summary post on 2006 (warning, a long post is expected) to be written shortly.