Cable break interrupts Internet in Guyana
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Thousands of
Guyanese were without Internet service for most of last Thursday because the
Americas II submarine fiber-optic cable broke in French Guiana, authorities
said.
"A transmission problem developed today at
10:21 am over the Americas II cable system. We have few details but the
disruption has been located in French Guiana," Internetworks, one the main
Internet service providers, told subscribers.
A spokesman for the Guyana Telephone and
Telegraph Company confirmed that his company had received a report that the
fiber-optic cable was broken somewhere in Cayenne.
Service was restored at 5:31 pm. GT and T,
80-percent owned by the US Virgin Islands-based Atlantic Tele-Network, has
blocked Internet service providers from establishing direct satellite links,
claiming a monopoly on voice and data services.
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