Internet alert plan to warn on failures / Cable repairs delayed

Tue Jan 30 01:57:13 UTC 2007

Repair Status

Au said today that the five cable systems that have been partially 
repaired are: Flag North Asia Loop, owned by India's Reliance 
Communications Ltd.; Reach North Asian Loop, owned by Hong Kong's PCCW 
Ltd. and Australia's Telstra Corp.; Se-Me-We3, owned by a group including 
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and France Telecom SA; and APCN and 
APCN2, owned by operators including China Telecom Corp. and Taiwan's 
Chunghwa Telecom Co.

A segment of Asia Netcom Corp.'s EAC cable system will be repaired today, 
Chan said. Ofta did not receive the repair status on the seventh cable, 
C2C, owned by C2C Group Ltd, Chan said.

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Internet alert plan to warn on failures
Timothy Chui
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

A system designed to warn consumers of future breakdowns in Internet 
connections is being launched by the Office of the Telecommunications 
Authority next month.