The blog is open to anyone who wants to contribute, with over 50 people now providing content from all over south-east Asia.
A separate blog, ChienSansFrontiers is posting firsthand accounts from disaster areas, sent from the scene at hard-hit Sri Lanka via SMS, or cell-phone instant messaging.
"We're getting out information that traditional media has not access to," Gupta said. "Certain areas have been cordoned off to traditional media by the Tamil Tigers," or Sri Lanka police.
SEA-EAT provides information on where to send donations in cash or goods, volunteer, and information about the ongoing disaster. Recent posts include information about a new, dedicated web site set up by the Sri Lanka tourist board; hotline numbers to find missing people from India, the Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Thailand; a 24-hour helpline for missing persons from South Africa; and information on how Americans and Canadians can send assistance to Indonesia.
Several hundred SEA-EAT bloggers are sorting through the information on the blog and pouring it into a wiki on the Wikinews server.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
