Since the December 26 earthquake, Internet connections to sites outside the PRC have been extremely slow. But this weekend speeds started to feel much faster, with large downloads completing in pre-earthquake time frames. Was it just the lighter weekend load or were the connections coming back?
So it was with great hope I surfed the Net this morning to Google.com, CNN, and other news sites. At 6:30… 7:00… 7:30… the net stayed snappy and quick, and it’s stayed that way the whole morning.
Several folks have mentioned the same results, from both residential and corporate Internet connections. Whether the repaired cables are coming back to life, or better routes have been found, let’s hope it stays zippy. I may even be able to get back to producing the WikipediaWeekly podcast that has been on hiatus because of the bad connections.
Much better for me since early Sunday at Beihang University too. I think that for me it’s partly due to the fact that students have gone home for the winter break as well.
That would most certainly make a difference! I do wonder what type of traffic they contributed to the load – file sharing, music downloads, YouTube, etc.
Looking over students’ shoulders at the library, it looks mostly to be surfing, chatting and online gaming.