| Works in Sicily mark Internet doomsday for Malta
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| Written by HiVoltage |
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
According to GO's statement, infrastructural works by a third party Italian contractor were the cause of the fault in GO's one and only cable linking Malta to the rest of the world. For most of the day, up till around 7pm, GO customers and those using ISP's that depend solely on GO's infrastructure had no International access. Earlier, International phone calls were also affected, but this problem got allievated with the use of backup microwave and satellite links. However, no Internet access except to some Maltese sites was available to GO customers until this evening.
This occurrence shows us how much we need further redundant connections linking us to the rest of the world. On a positive note, both GO and Melita Cable are working on new fibre links to mainland Europe.
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 August 2008 ) |
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