Taiwan Sea again earthquake, the cable connection more difficult

Efforts to restore six broken undersea fiber optic cables in the earthquake last month became more difficult, when on January 17, Taiwan's sea suffered a new seismic series.

This time it was not an earthquake on the mainland, but an underground earthquake. According to the Taiwan Meteorological Center, this earthquake has a magnitude of about 5 on the richter scale.

Analysts said yesterday's seismic occurred just as Asian telecom operators were trying their best to overcome the consequences of the earthquake on December 26, 2006. In the short term, it will make the cable network repair efforts more difficult.

There are no fiber optic cables in the 6 broken cables in Taiwan sea to be fully resumed.

Todd Underwood, vice president of Internet and telecom network monitoring company Renesys, said: " The earthquake yesterday made fiber cable repair work difficult and extremely difficult. seismic caused the cable system to sink deeper and the sea floor became more rugged ".

" Meanwhile, the repair efforts after the earthquake last month have not achieved any significant results. No fiber cable has been completely restored ."

The search for interim alternative transmission lines in the past has also faced many difficulties.

SingTel had to negotiate and lease Telecom Italia's line - an Italian telecommunications carrier. Many other Asian telecom carriers have also had to find and hire temporary lines from European partners to address bandwidth needs.

" However, this is only a temporary solution at this time and it is a good solution. But the long-term consequences of this solution are that this year we may have to depend on the transmission of European partners need a comprehensive troubleshooting solution , "Underwood said.

China and a number of Asian countries have built a strong telecommunications network with a variety of connections that are the countries most affected by the December last year. That's probably a lesson to study.

Renesys said that the number of customers still suffering from the consequences of the earthquake last month was relatively large even though there has been a lot of progress in recovery work.

Up to now, there has been a small repair fleet which has been repaired. This fleet has reached the center of the oceanic earthquake between Taiwan and the Philippines.

Trang Dung