The ship set to repair the undersea fiber optic cable between Saipan and Tinian is scheduled to arrive today, Thursday, IT&E sales and marketing manager Hans Mickelson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still set for tomorrow,\u201d Mickelson said yesterday. \u201cHopefully, it didn\u2019t hit any inclement weather and it will show tomorrow and we can start to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ship, heading from Taiwan, was originally scheduled to arrive Wednesday, July 22, after departing Taiwan at 10pm last Thursday. When it does arrive, IT&E is expected to load the vessel with equipment needed for repair and begin right away on this process.<\/p>\n
Depending on the initial investigation, identifying the \u201cbreak\u201d location, and the type of break, IT&E expects a potential 48-hour repair timeline.<\/p>\n
Mickelson said once the \u201csplice\u201d is fixed, Internet speeds would be back to normal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be night and day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Internet speeds users experience will be the capacity they will experience in the interim until IT&E gets the cable fixed.<\/p>\n
IT&E has not yet located the area of damage to the fiber optic line after hiring divers to inspect the line last week. Dives ceased last Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, damage to IT&E\u2019s fiber optic line caused a massive network communications outage in the CNMI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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