Photo / 123rfThe telco industry is warning construction workers and engineers to look before they dig following a Mackenzie country broadband outage. "While we all love a digger, the problem arises when they dig things they shouldn't," says Telecommunications Forum CEO Paul Brislen, whose group represents Chorus, Spark, Vodafone, 2degrees, Vocus and other telcos. "Yesterday, just outside Timaru, a digger cut through one of Chorus's cables knocking out service in the Mackenzie region for some customers." "Fortunately, the beforeUdig website lets contractors and those planning work to check to see what's already in place. " In April this year Chorus blamed a series of broadband outages in Auckland's CBD on blundering City Rail Link contractors.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 02:26 UTC