{"id":548593,"date":"2006-04-21T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548593-more-telkom-cables-damaged.html"},"modified":"2006-04-21T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T12:53:35","slug":"more-telkom-cables-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548593-more-telkom-cables-damaged.html","title":{"rendered":"More Telkom cables damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three cables had been damaged between the Germiston and New Doornfontein.
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ADSL users were also encountering a slow network, said Telkom spokeswoman Lulu Letlape.
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She said that in addition to private users, some of Telkom’s corporate customers, including banks, had also been severely
affected.
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"The nature of the damage – all three cables were cut – indicates that this is a deliberate effort at wilfully disrupting
our services to customers," said Theo Hess, a Telkom manager.
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He said only people with access to and knowledge of Telkom’s network infrastructure would have been in a position to vandalise the cables.
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On Tuesday two cables – one in Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal and one in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape – were damaged.
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Letlape said that during the week, vandalism to at least 65 street distribution cabinets (SDCs) – which are points of
connection usually located on street corners to enable a service to customers – was also detected countrywide.
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Forty-six of the cases occurred in KwaZulu-Natal.
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"We have reported the vandalism to the SDCs as well as today’s incident to the South African Police Services.
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"At this stage we are uncertain who were behind these acts of vandalism but a thorough investigation, both through our internal
structures as well as through the SAPS, is underway," said Hess.
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He said technicians were working feverishly to restore services to customers.
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The cables were expected to be reconnected around midday today.\u00a0
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