BSNL regrets broadband service disruption
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 23 2013 :
The Divisional Engineer, Eastern Telecom Region (ETR) BSNL, Imphal has regretted the inconvenience caused to customers by disruption of landline broadband service from 2 pm of November 22 till 2 pm of November 23 citing OF system failure between Kohima and Dimapur, which was later restored at 6 pm of the same day.
In a press release, the Divisional Engineer said at around 7.30 pm, the OF cable was cut at the location of about 30 km from Kohima towards Dimapur and subsequently the alternate OF cable was cut between Sechu and Medziphema rendering the Kohima-Dimapur OFC ring totally non-functional and resulting in complete landline broadband failure of Manipur as well as Kohima.
It further stated that the BSNL has been striving to provide uninterrupted service and pursuing for getting PGCIL OFC bandwidth from Imphal to Dimapur directly which will ensure 100 percent reliability of internet service.