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Thread ID: 64485	2005-12-16 09:41:00	Telecom cut off in Southland	stu161204 (123)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
413220	2005-12-16 09:41:00	From: home.nzcity.co.nz Cable cut in Southland disrupts communication for mobiles, internet 16 December 2005 Telecommunications in the deep south have been severely disrupted this afternoon following a break in a fibre optic cable near Clinton. Telecom says there is currently no 025 or 027 mobile coverage south of Balclutha. It says calls can be made from landlines south of Balclutha, but people wanting to call outside of the region will experience severe congestion. The congestion is also affecting internet access. Telecom says it appears a vehicle crash caused the damage, and it is waiting on word from its technicians on how long it will take to fix the problem. © 2005 NZCity, NewsTalkZB	stu161204 (123)
413221	2005-12-16 11:16:00	Wondered what happened.	MikeS (756)
413222	2005-12-16 20:22:00	car crash. my internet has been pretty crap for the last few days though. its all good now.	Prescott (11)
413223	2005-12-16 20:42:00	I thought all the cables were underground?	Greven (91)
413224	2005-12-16 20:58:00	yeah i thought that too, but this is what the paper said this morning, no more info was available on the crash however...	Prescott (11)
413225	2005-12-17 00:45:00	I thought all the cables were underground? But all the electronics gear which makes the fibre useful is above ground.	Graham L (2)
413226	2005-12-18 00:06:00	But all the electronics gear which makes the fibre useful is above ground. True. I never gave that a thought. What are the weak points in the network? The exchange down here is in a big old building that would destroy any car that crashed into it & take minimal damage itself.	Greven (91)
413227	2005-12-18 02:50:00	I thought they had a secondary microwave or satellite link back to Dunedin. Its bandwidth was only 1.5Gbit/s though, so maybe that got overloaded with the main fibre down.	MikeS (756)
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