Undersea Cables Damaged By Earthquake
Taiwan’s leading telecom operator said overnight that two jointly owned undersea cables linking Japan and the United States had been damaged by Japan’s devastating earthquake.
The cables, the APCN-2 and Japan-US which serve as links for internet and voice services between Taiwan with the US, were affected by Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake, Chunghwa Telecom said.
The company said the bandwidth of its services had been reduced by around 30 per cent but the impact on customers was marginal so far.
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“There were impacts, but they were limited,” company manager Chen Hui-yen said. “As of now we have received few complaints from customers.”
She said it may take at least a month to repair the damage.