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  • BBC NEWS: We can't make calls or stream videos since Storm Amy damaged vital internet link

    From JMB99@mb@nospam.net to uk.telecom on Fri Oct 17 07:50:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    Still a major fault on Tiree because of a fault on a submarine case,



    We can't make calls or stream videos since Storm Amy damaged vital
    internet link

    An island community have been asked to avoid making video calls or use
    online streaming in case it brings down broadband services.

    Broadband, mobile data, and digital phone services all failed on Tiree
    after the subsea fibre cable connecting the island to the mainland was
    damaged during Storm Amy earlier this month.

    ....................






    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93x773gr91o





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  • From Woody@harrogate3@ntlworld.com to uk.telecom on Fri Oct 17 13:24:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    On Fri 17/10/2025 07:50, JMB99 wrote:
    Still a major fault on Tiree because of a fault on a submarine case,



    We can't make calls or stream videos since Storm Amy damaged vital
    internet link

    An island community have been asked to avoid making video calls or use online streaming in case it brings down broadband services.

    Broadband, mobile data, and digital phone services all failed on Tiree
    after the subsea fibre cable connecting the island to the mainland was damaged during Storm Amy earlier this month.

    ....................






    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93x773gr91o





    Surely this is a solution for which StarNet was made?

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  • From JMB99@mb@nospam.net to uk.telecom on Fri Oct 17 13:42:36 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    On 17/10/2025 13:24, Woody wrote:
    Surely this is a solution for which StarNet was made?


    I think the report says that it is being used temporarily.

    The emergency service and other essential users seem to all have a VSAT terminal on their mobile control room / command vehicle. There were two Airwave sites near here using VSAT.

    BT have equipment to set up temporary links - they used one of our sites
    when they lost the cable to one area - I think they ran out of spare
    cards so bypassed the cable until repaired though I think they replaced
    it with a fixed link afterwards.




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