Quake cable damage ‘more serious than estimated’ – Dan Washburn

From Shanghaiist:

Did you see this story from yesterday? Let the good times roll!

Telecommunication operators and Internet users need to wait longer to get normal access as the authority said Tuesday the damage on undersea cables caused by earthquake last month is more serious than previous estimated.

According to the latest estimation Tuesday by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) of Hong Kong, the quake damage on cables is more serious than the preliminary survey and therefore the repair work on one of the major cables will need about two weeks instead of the previous estimation of one week….[Full Text]

Read also previous post about this earthquake.

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