Dozens of StarHub fibre broadband customers (including us) shook their fists and yelled into the void as their internet service went kaput since morning.
The dreaded red light blinked menacingly on the StarHub modems, and many have taken to their telco’s Facebook page and Twitter account to demand an explanation for the prolonged outage of online services.
The issue may be more serious than simply restarting our routers. It seems that fibre infrastructure has been damaged due to contractors carrying out foundation work. Even Singtel and M1 customers are being affected by the outage, mostly around the Bukit Merah area.
Fibre network operator NetLink Trust has informed us that its fibre infrastructure has been damaged. Some customers may…
Posted by StarHub on Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Fibre network operator NetLink Trust confirmed that a part of its fibre infrastructure has been damaged. Some customers…
Posted by M1 on Wednesday, 10 June 2015
We have been informed by fibre network operator Netlink Trust that fibre infrastructure has been damaged by a third…
Posted by Singtel on Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Looks like we’re all back in the Stone Age. Just twiddle your thumbs and interact with people in real life while waiting for internet services to be up again.
Photo: Marcelo Graciolli via Flickr
