By empty (9/19/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Internet and long-distance network phone connection in South Ossetia has been out of order for three days already. The fault was caused by damage to a communication line in Gori (Georgia).A Regnum correspondent informed on it at South Ossetia’s national communication company.
Internet and long-distance network phone connection in South Ossetia has been out of order for three days already. The fault was caused by damage to a communication line in Gori (Georgia).A Regnum correspondent informed on it at South Ossetia’s national communication company. As they say at the company, the fault was supposed to be repaired as early as until midday of September 18, however, the communication line is still out of order. As a result, South Ossetian residents have no opportunity to call up Russia, Georgia and other countries, neither they can use Internet, which is provided by Georgia Online Company (Georgia). At present moment, Internet connection is functioning only in places provided with satellite communication. Long-distance network services in South Ossetia are provided by Telecom Georgia Company. At the same time, a project of fiber-optics communication with Russia is being implemented in Russia, which will allow to provide South Ossetian residents with a more qualitative long-distance network services. (regnum.ru)