About 40o0 homes and businesses on Waiheke Island have been cut off from the internet. Waiheke Island's 9000 residents could be without the internet for at least days, after a fibre-optic cable connecting the island was damaged. Network company Chorus said about 4000 homes and businesses on the island lost access to fibre-optic and copper broadband services at about 3pm on Monday. Email newstips@stuff.co.nzGOOGLE MAPS A cable cut at sea could take at least days to fix. ​Spark spokesman Anaru Tuhi said five of its six mobile cellsites on the island were out of action.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2019 04:58 UTC