Repair Work
According to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) of Hong Kong Government, among the five cable ships deployed, two arrived at the scene. However, one of the two ships experienced a major fault on December 30 afternoon and was under urgent repair in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The repair for the ship was estimated to take about a week. Therefore the repair for the cables had to be postponed. It is estimated that the first part of the repair of one of the submarine cables would be completed around January 16, 2007. For the other damaged cables, survey and assessment were being arranged and repair of most of the cables is expected to be completed progressively by the end of January 2007.
IDD Services and disrupted internet service in Southeast Asia has been greatly restored pending the repairs and rerouted traffic.
Before the completion of the cable works, however, some countries had already found alternative methods to restore the Internet access. For example, by January 3, 2007, Singapore's SingTel had already fully restored the Internet access provided by them. SingNet, SingTel's subsidiary, which does ISP services, released an announcement on its homepage, mentioning that "internet access to services such as gaming and video downloading may experience some delays". Whether or not this is related to the earthquake is unknown, albeit likely.
According to China Daily (January 16) the repair work might be completed end of January, yet heavy winds in the Bashi Channel have stirred up 10–12-meter waves, which makes it impossible to resume work.
Read more about this topic: 2006 Hengchun Earthquake
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