Pakistan's Net Misery May Continue Through July
[o Paquistão ficou isolado virtualmente do resto do mundo. pois o cabo submarino que o conecta ao mundo foi seriamente danificado. a técnica é um importante fator de conectividade...]
Julho 06, 2005
Courtesy of TechWeb News
Pakistan's Internet problems may continue through July, media reports from the country said Wednesday, with no end in sight to the repair of the undersea fiber optic cable linking it with the rest of the world's Web.
Although the cable has been pulled from the shallow seabed in the Indian Ocean south of Karachi and is undergoing repairs, it's possible other flaws might be discovered during testing, adding to the 10-days-and-counting that Pakistan has been virtually isolated.
According to reports from India and Pakistan, repairs might take as little as a few days. Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd (PTCL) president Junaid I. Khan said that the repair could be wrapped up in the next four or five days in ideal conditions.
"The work has begun and the faulty cable has been excavated and cut off from one end for replacement," The News, a Pakistan newspaper, quoted Kahn as saying. Kahn explained that the delays -- originally, it was thought service would be restored last week -- was due to a slew of factors.
"The team arrived later than expected; weather in the sea has been rough; the cable is buried in the seabed; and we are detecting the faulty area through tests from the surface...you can imagine that is quite a challenging business." he told the paper.
Other sources, however, told another Pakistani news outlet, the Pakistan Times, that the fix may not be done until the end of the month. In addition, and as reported last week, the process of testing and repairing the cable may require shutting down the entire cable, which would spread disruptions to India, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, and Oman, which are also connected to the damaged cable.
Currently, the only Internet service available is through satellite stopgaps that PTCL set up last week. The satellite links offer just a fraction of the bandwidth normally used by Pakistani businesses, however.
Pakistan's businesses have taken a beating, particularly its fledgling call center industry, which employs about 2,000 people and generates approximately $15 million in annual revenues. Pakistan's Internet problems may continue through July, media reports from the country said Wednesday, with no end in sight to the repair of the undersea fiber optic cable linking it with the rest of the world's Web.
Although the cable has been pulled from the shallow seabed in the Indian Ocean south of Karachi and is undergoing repairs, it's possible other flaws might be discovered during testing, adding to the 10-days-and-counting that Pakistan has been virtually isolated.
According to reports from India and Pakistan, repairs might take as little as a few days. Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd (PTCL) president Junaid I. Khan said that the repair could be wrapped up in the next four or five days in ideal conditions.
"The work has begun and the faulty cable has been excavated and cut off from one end for replacement," The News, a Pakistan newspaper, quoted Kahn as saying. Kahn explained that the delays -- originally, it was thought service would be restored last week -- was due to a slew of factors.
"The team arrived later than expected; weather in the sea has been rough; the cable is buried in the seabed; and we are detecting the faulty area through tests from the surface...you can imagine that is quite a challenging business." he told the paper.
Other sources, however, told another Pakistani news outlet, the Pakistan Times, that the fix may not be done until the end of the month. In addition, and as reported last week, the process of testing and repairing the cable may require shutting down the entire cable, which would spread disruptions to India, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, and Oman, which are also connected to the damaged cable.
Currently, the only Internet service available is through satellite stopgaps that PTCL set up last week. The satellite links offer just a fraction of the bandwidth normally used by Pakistani businesses, however.
Pakistan's businesses have taken a beating, particularly its fledgling call center industry, which employs about 2,000 people and generates approximately $15 million in annual revenues. Pakistan's Internet problems may continue through July, media reports from the country said Wednesday, with no end in sight to the repair of the undersea fiber optic cable linking it with the rest of the world's Web.
fonte: http://www.outsourcingpipeline.com/itservices/165701387 (24/07/2005)
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