Internet services back to normal on Jan. 15

时间：2007-01-02 00:46:14

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A man walks past a monitor of an internet service point in Hong Kong December 27, 2006.
 
Jan. 1 - China Telecom said here Sunday that its internet services, which were disrupted by the severance1 of undersea cables following an earthquake off the Taiwan coast, would be back to normal on January 15.

 

"Five vessels2 have been dispatched to repair the damaged lines," said an official with the company on Sunday. "But heavy seas have made the repair work very difficult."

 

The earthquake has left some cables trapped under the seabed, and others are tangled3 up, said the official. We will have to add some new sections of cable -- up to 400 meters -- to reconnect the lines.

 

China Telecom said that, after the earthquake, some internet traffic was re-routed via landline cables connecting China and Europe and satellite transmissions were also used. Now 70 percent of overseas internet connections have been reestablished.

 

But the official said the link to North America would not be significantly improved until the subsea cable was repaired.

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1 severance WTLza     
n.离职金；切断
参考例句：
  • Those laid off received their regular checks,plus vacation and severance pay.那些被裁的人都收到他们应得的薪金，再加上假期和解职的酬金。Kirchofer was terminated,effective immediately--without severance or warning.科奇弗被解雇了，立刻生效--而且没有辞退费或者警告。
2 vessels fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480     
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
参考例句：
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

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