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Source: IHT
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"It was a major disaster as far as our industry is concerned," said Ha Yung Kuen, acting director general of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, the Hong Kong regulator.

But even as repair work on damaged cables was just starting in the Luzon Strait south of Taiwan, hampered by bad weather and mechanical failure, the conclusion the industry has tentatively reached is that the system works. The latest estimate from the Hong Kong regulator, which is monitoring the repairs by ships contracted to cable owners, is that enough work should be completed by Jan. 16 to allow data services to return to normal.

It has warned that Internet users in Hong Kong, particularly small businesses and residential customers, could in the meantime continue to experience slow or timed-out Internet connections to international Web sites.

Still, telecommunications analysts and industry players said the success of the effort to reroute voice and data traffic showed that the backup plans were largely effective even in the face of a systemwide breakdown.

BlueMak

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