想不到，貼出香港寬頻封鎖主要網站的YouTube片之後，幾小時之內，收到孫柏文的email，得悉由於巴基斯坦的網站封鎖，成個YouTube竟然down左幾小時！
Service on Google Inc.’s YouTube site was disrupted around the world for several hours Sunday after a botched effort by the Pakistan government to block access to a video clip critical of Islam.
The incident, which is still being investigated by YouTube, underscores the vulnerability of the global communications infrastructure. The unusual circumstances surrounding the breakdown also point to the growing role sites like YouTube have played in spreading politically charged content — including in Pakistan, a nation that is already a tinderbox of political tensions.
The story began unfolding Friday when the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, the nation’s telecom regulator, ordered Pakistan’s Internet service providers to immediately block access to a specific YouTube video which it said was so incendiary it could trigger riots. A senior official at the authority said it also contacted YouTube, requesting that the site remove the video. The PTA argued the clip was a violation of YouTube’s terms of service, which ban hate speech. YouTube has since removed the clip. The site says it does not comment on reasons for removing specific videos.
但最離奇的，要數我地光纖足以環繞地球26個圈既PCCW，亦遭牽涉入事件當中：
The message was communicated around the world via PCCW Ltd., a Hong Kong telecommunications company which inadvertently transmitted the message internationally over its network. PTCL is connected to the global Internet through PCCW’s networks, among others. Technical experts say this type of problem is extremely rare — and is essentially beyond YouTube’s control. PCCW didn’t immediately respond to inquiries.
請問有人因而未能正常使用YouTube嗎？今天我向PCCW公關部查詢，得到以下回應：
As spoken, I have pleasure in enclosing our line re the You Tube incident for your reference please :
We are aware of the incident and is reviewing what exactly has happened and why. PCCW Global is committed to consistently provide resilient and reliable connectivity services globally to both service and content providers.