Telkom services to about 1 500 residential, corporate and business customers in Westdene, Bloemfontein were disturbed this week after severe damage to cables in the area.
According to the fixed-line operator, a private contractor drilled through three major Telkom cables in the area on Wednesday. "[Cables were damaged] on the corner of Markgraaf and Nelson Mandela Avenue [and] customers with the exchange code 430, 448, 447, 403, 405, 412 and 400 are affected."
In addition to residential interruption, large shopping centres like the Sanlam Plaza, the Westdene Centre and the Reids Plaza, various banks and garages, were also adversely affected.
Telkom says it has deployed several teams and will work "around the clock" to restore the affected services as soon as possible. Services will be progressively restored until 8pm next week Wednesday, the company says.
"The contractor will be held liable for the damage to Telkom's infrastructure and Telkom has introduced various measures to avoid further damage of telecommunication cables in the area."
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