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With hundreds of miles of cable running underground to provide telecommunication service in Guyana, it’s impracticable and impossible for Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company to provide security to protect them.At the scene of the fibre cut during the exercise to facilitate restoration. In this photo the company’s technicians work to effect repairs.In the face of apparent sabotage of the company’s cables,Norichika Aoki Jersey, its managements is calling on communities to be watchdogs for the service in their best interest of retaining reliable efficient communication.Yesterday the company’s Deputy General Manager, Terry Holder,Arizona Diamondbacks Kevin Jepsen Jersey, expressed concern at the lengths that persons would go to disrupt the telecommunication service. They would damage the fibre optic cables. And the timing of these vandals is worrying.Positing the theory of sabotage, Holder said that it may have been done to embarrass the company.On Thursday,Gordon Beckham Jersey, GT&T’s equipment and technological advancement staved off what the company suspected to be an act of sabotage that could have proved chaotic for Guyana’s hosting of the conference of heads of government of CARICOM and create a ripple effect through the country’s communication abilities.Yesterday,Travis Shaw Jersey, Holder said his company is currently working to repair millions of dollars of damaged fibre optic cables,Will Middlebrooks Jersey, cut since Thursday last,Cleveland Indians Yan Gomes Jersey, about 16:15 hrs along a secluded area on the West Coast of Berbice.He said that despite the dam being muddied by the rains,Dansby Swanson Jersey, persons went to great pains to damage the cable which was in steel casing that was not easy to break.He said, “They removed the casing, got to the cable,Michael Saunders Jersey, hooked it up to a tractor and pulled it, doing some damage that could have affected service on the cable.” Evidence, he said, lies in the tractor wheel markings left on the dam.Fortunately, the company has a microwave link from New Amsterdam to Georgetown with a 100 percent redundancy that kicks-in automatically in cases of eventualities like the one that occurred.He said that as a result of this, the customers who could have been affected never were. The company’s technicians were immediately rushed to the scene to restore the cable and have worked throughout the night.Holder said that there is no use to which the fibre optic cable could be put as it is not of any economic value as copper is. In recent months,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Martin Maldonado Jersey, the company has suffered apparent sabotage on the East Bank where known persons have done damage.Meanwhile, an Americas 11 cable failure occurred at 15:04 hrs yesterday and Public Relations officer Allison Parker said that investigations revealed that this failure is in Suriname. |
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