Bulldozer Cuts Off 200,000 TOT Internet Users

TOT Plc has restored Internet access to some 200,000 or 50 per cent of its broadband users who were offline following an accident that caused its main underground fibre optic cable on Rama I Road to be severed by a bulldozer early Sunday morning.

Asa Sattayayuth, acting vice president of TOT, said TOT has re-routed Internet access for the affected users and the service has been restored by nearly 100 per cent. The service would return completely to normal before midnight, he said. [via The Nation]

Ed. It's 11.32pm, Oct 30 and I've lost my connection again. No doubt TOT are cutting back to the newly repaired fibre optic cable and cutting off 200,000 users whilst they do it is just not an issue. Let's see how long the outage lasts this time.

     

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  That's when the fight started.

 

 

 

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