Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Broken Cables

Seems like it is still the hot topic after a few weeks. Not a day goes by without some news or some mailing list discussion about the broken cables. The most amusing is probably those blatant sales pitch from one of the very outspoken ISPs in HK :-D

My views are some what included in an interview from USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/news/
world/2007-01-01-asia-internet_x.htm


The key thing is: "The real test is not the immediate response," said Chung of the Internet Society. "The real test is: What are we going to do next?"

And I think the direction described in the press conference today seems to be pointing towards the right direction:

香港互聯網協會主席,身兼香港資訊科技商會當然委員的莫乃光指出,汲取今次事故的經驗,業界、規管機構和政府必須加強合作,增加對中小型企業在危機處理的支援,尤其對網絡運作方面的知識。


「從今次事故所見,由於大型企業如銀行、金融機構等的應變能力較高,例如及時更改其網絡服務的設定及網絡路徑,它們所受的影響遠較中小型企業所受的為低。中小型企業作為本地經濟活動的重要支柱,我們將會向政府相關的委員會建議,撥出資源提升中小企危機應變和處理能力,例如出版小冊子、講座和加強公眾宣傳等。」莫乃光說。


業界方面,葉旭暉指香港互聯網服務供應商協會將與屬下會員商討,訂立服務水平協議(Service Level Agreement)和分層服務 (Tier services),讓對網絡服務較依賴的企業,可按其需要選擇較優先層次的服務水平。

至於規管機構方面,單仲偕認為事件反映電訊管理局有必要盡快檢討其危機管理程序,尤其針對資訊發放、與營辦商互相通報,以及協調營辦商之間在事故期間的互相合作及支援。「一旦發生資訊基建事故,電訊管理局作為角色中立的規管機構,應更主動向營辦商了解情況、評估事故的嚴重性,並盡力協調和尋求應變方案,以減低事故對公眾的影響。」單仲偕說。

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