Internet down for hours

[ Business ] 2010-05-17

Internet down for hours

Internet and overseas telecom services were disrupted for around two and a half hours yesterday, as the optical fibre line of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) snapped at Chiringa near Cox's Bazar. The connection was restored at around 3pm with the alternative fibre optic connection of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB). The BTCL optical fibre line connects Dhaka to the Cox's Bazar submarine cable's landing station and takes the nation to the information superhighway. It serves as the backbone of international communication, while satellite services act as a backup with limited bandwidth. Monwar Hossain, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company, said, "The internet-based services will not suffer anymore as we have taken a backup already."