Floods take out Phuket TOT internet backbone

The Phuket News

 

Workers are currently attempting to fix the problem caused by floods in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Photo: TOT Facebook

 

PHUKET: TOT customers across Phuket and elsewhere throughout Southern Thailand are without internet and phone services this afternoon (Jan 10) after floods in Prachuap Khiri Khan rendered the company’s fibre-optic backbone for the South useless.

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TOT posted on its Facebook page today, “As the floods severed a bridge in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, our fibre-optic cable is damaged. We are fixing it immediately and will be back to normal within two hours.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/floods-take-out-phuket-tot-internet-backbone-60576.php

 

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Oh, something new... it's raining ! Why protecting cables in one of the wettest areas... ?

My 3bb was down for a long time last night- still sluggish now. 

1 hour ago, Deli said:

Oh, something new... it's raining ! Why protecting cables in one of the wettest areas... ?

Errrr- from the article it appears the cables actually snapped when a bridge was washed out, not water getting into the cables- any chance for a dig from some though.

2 hours ago, Psimbo said:

My 3bb was down for a long time last night- still sluggish now. 

 

What time ? I never noticed any problem with our 3BB.

My internet was down from about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. The football match I wanted to watch at 3:00 this morning was missed due to no connection, but all good at 8:00 this morning.

2 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

What time ? I never noticed any problem with our 3BB.

ToT hit the jackpot.

Seems only their cable(s) ran along the collapsed bridges.

Other providers might have taken another route (just speculating).

The short summary also implies it was a "southern" problem.

No it was a nationwide for almost all international connections of ToT.

Connections to the south will likely connect down to Singapore, THE internet hub for South East Asia.