Armenian Government Hears Report on Internet-Connection Failure

ArmRadio.am
11.08.2006 17:12

The Armenian government heard a report on internet-connection failures
in the republic, presented by the RA deputy Minister of Transport and
Communication Hrant Beglaryan, the press and public relations
department of the RA government informed ARKA News Agency.

ArmenTel supplies Armenia with internet only through Georgia by means
of the only cable passing through the bottom of Black Sea. During
recent three days two big damages have occured on this cable. On
August 5 at 02:00 o’clock (local time) fiber-optic cable on the
Sochi-Poti section was damaged and a day earlier, on August 4 at 11:55
o’clock (local time) the cable was caused rather big damaged on
Kutaisi- Zestafon section, which caused cut of the Internet connection
in Armenia. The connection was restored only in 7 hours.