internet - New earthquake brings more damage to cables

Repairing the undersea telecommunication cables might take till Spring Festival, as a new earthquake south of Taiwan caused more damage, the Shanghai Daily says, quoting the Shanghai Securities News of Friday.
The earthquake of 5.2 on the scale of Richter on Wednesday morning forces the repairships to order more cables to fix the new damage. Weather might still cause further delays.

However, "the mainland's international fixed-line telecommunication services have been re-established and 70 percent of Internet services have been restored through alternate routes," said an official with the Shanghai Telecom.

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