CityWest表示,11月11日晚BC Hydro停電導致卑詩西北多地網絡中斷數小時,涉及Terrace、Kitimat、Prince Rupert、Gitwangak及Hazelton一帶。公司稱這是今年第四次網絡中斷,技術人員先搭建臨時繞行連接,在電力恢復期間恢復服務。

公司通知客戶,下期賬單將抵扣兩天服務費用,並提供一個月免費串流電視。其他運營商是否採取相同安排尚不清楚;這不是全省所有網絡用戶統一獲得的補償。

CityWest負責人指出,Terrace至Prince George部分運營商使用同一架空路由,一處切斷可能影響多家網絡。公司計劃在37號公路Dease Lake至育空Watson Lake之間建設新光纖路線,以增加備份,但規劃不能視爲線路已經投運。

CBC報道各運營商斷網抵扣政策並不一致,申請時限、第三方故障或破壞排除條款也不同。客戶應覈對自身賬單及合同,而不是把此次CityWest安排套用於其他供應商。

來源:CBC News 原報道。大魚新聞整理原創中文摘要;保留原刊發日期。

CityWest says a B.C. Hydro outage on Nov. 11 left all customers west of Hazelton without internet. It's the fourth major … while CityWest is offering its customers credit, it's unclear if all service providers in the region are doing so. (CBC)

CityWest says a B.C. Hydro outage on Nov. 11 left all customers west of Hazelton without internet. It's the fourth major … while CityWest is offering its customers credit, it's unclear if all service providers in the region are doing so. (CBC)

Theft of copper wire has been blamed for some of the internet outages that have hit northwest B.C. this year. (CBC News)

Theft of copper wire has been blamed for some of the internet outages that have hit northwest B.C. this year. (CBC News)