Longer delay to full-speed Internet
Bad news for South-east Asian Internet users on the first day of 2007.
The schedule for the repair of submarine cables hit by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake off Taiwan December 27 is further delayed because of a "major fault" to one of the ships sent to fix the cables, Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority was quoted as saying by Bloomberg today.
Bad weather is also hampering repairs, but sorry, no elaboration.
"The first of six cables damaged in the earthquake would not be restored until Jan. 16, and work on the remaining cables would not be completed until the end of the month," screams a story in The IHT.
It simply means: Brace yourself for at least 2 more weeks of Internet disruption.
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