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Subscribers are experiencing great inconvenience due to disruptions in SK Broadband Internet and cable broadcasting services in the area of Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.
This incident occurred when a large number of optical cables buried in the ground were cut during a rainwater pipe improvement project.
This is reporter Lee Moon-seok.
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Telecommunications company employees are working while blocking the alley.
There are thick optical cable lines scattered around.
It was a little after 9 o’clock on a weekend morning.
At the construction site of the rainwater pipe improvement project, about 20 SK Broadband optical cables were cut in a pile.
The company’s internet and cable broadcasting services were suspended throughout Cheonan City and some areas of Asan City that were connected to it.
The number of subscribers experiencing internet problems was estimated at 55,000 households.
Subscribers experienced great inconvenience as the fact that a failure occurred was reported late and recovery work was also carried out slowly.
[임옥순 / 케이블TV 가입자 : 처음부터 (안내) 문자가 떴으면 그냥 그런가 보다 했을 텐데 문자도 안 뜨지 전화 연결은 안 되지, TV는 안 나오지, 좀 답답했죠.]
There were also reports that work and sales were disrupted.
[인터넷 장애 제보자 : 일적으로 업무를 해야 할 일도 있었는데 이게 다 일정이 틀어졌죠, 아침부터 지금까지 (인터넷이) 안 되고 있어서.]
A Cheonan City construction official said that the incident occurred while cutting asphalt concrete without realizing that the communication cable was buried too shallowly.
[이우권 / 천안시 자연재해팀장 : (아스콘) 절단 작업 하는 도중에 (케이블이) 한 2cm 정도에서 발견이 됐거든요. 그래서 저희도 빨리 회사에 연락해서 응급조치를 하는 중입니다.]
SK Broadband apologized for the service interruption and plans to begin investigating the situation as soon as restoration is fully completed.
This is Lee Moon-seok of YTN.
Camera reporter: Do Kyung-hee
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2024-01-20 12:11:00
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