What s the plan when TT goes offline
The Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) offices at Eighth Street Ext, Barataria. PHOTO BY SUREASH CHOLAI -
Minister of Public Administration and Digital Transformation Allyson West on Tuesday in the Senate described this week’s crippling internet outage as “a bit of Murphy’s Law.” In other words, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
But Ms West nonetheless gave three reasons why things did go as they did.
Replying to urgent questions from Independent Senator Paul Richards, she said the first issue was an initial breakage in Antigua. Secondly, the backup or redundancy in Curacao had gone haywire. Thirdly, she said covid19 caused a delay in efforts to address the initial problem.
TATT: Another internet disruption unlikely
The Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) offices at Eighth Street Ext, Barataria. PHOTO BY SUREASH CHOLAI -
CEO of the Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) Cynthia Reddock-Downes said the likelihood of another nationwide internet disruption like what occurred on Monday is “low.”
Internet connectivity to several service providers was affected by the disruption of an international cable link via Curacao on Monday morning.
The issue was resolved within a few hours and connectivity restored by Monday afternoon.
Responding to Newsday via Whatsapp, Reddock-Downes said while the primary location of internet traffic was being repaired, the other became overwhelmed.