this thread's talking about it, but we're missing the word itself: protectionism.
mind you, this is not to say that laotou is wrong, and i think we'll shortly see a return to the normal (slow, excessive latency) connections we're used to.
It sounds like nothing has changed in 5 years. I was living in China from 2006 to 2008 and this annoyed me to no end. There is a way to get around it however (though I don't know how legal it is). At least in 2008, it was possible to subscribe to a VPN (virtual private network) in some northern European country for something like $50-$100 a year.
The GFW is probably messing with the google app engine. Skritter.com isn't working because they use the gae. Also, gtalk works fine, as do all my android google apps.
I hope this is temporary as it's pretty unbearable to constantly use a vpn. I don't know if it's really a protectionist scheme. Does google still have significant market share in anything outside of searches and advertising? Maybe google maps? I don't think many Chinese websites use the google app engine.
Same problem here. WTF? Do they really believe they can censor anything that is not according to their fucking taste?? I am pissed off. I mean, first FB, than You Tube, now even gmail...SUCK!
as stated on Shanghaiist, a number of submarine cables were damaged during the Japanese earthquake and aftershocks and this has been cited by Chinese Internet/Telecom companies as the root of the problem.
but it does suck whatever the cause.
Wow!!
Predictive cabling. Goes down BEFORE and earthquake.
I remember last time there was an earthquake in the China sea. It took a long time to get fixed. The slower/disrupted service was used to mask a big beefing up of the GFW.
I remember when there was an earthquake in Taiwan a few years ago, the cable was broken somewhere in the taiwan straits and neither territory would allow the other's navy to send ships out to fix it. internet ground to a halt for months.
I remember the Taiwan quake. Connectivity (especially to the US) was next to non-existent. The GoKunming server was over there at the time, so we decided to move house...
@tigertiger
lol
this might explain it
"Google accuses China of interfering with Gmail email system"
www.guardian.co.uk/[...]
