Fiber network outage affecting Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru areas resolved

NetLink Trust has confirmed that the network outage affecting the vicinity around Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru was resolved at 12:40am on 12 June 2015.

In case you are staying around Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar, or Tiong Bahru and are wondering what was up with your fiber connection yesterday, know that there was a network outage at around 10:40am yesterday due to cable cuts caused by contractors working on the Thomson-East Coast MRT line construction.

Repair works were carried out soon after, and according to NetLink Trust, the affected fiber network has been restored since early this morning at 12:40am.

If you are in the affected areas and are still seeing problems, you are advised to contact your ISP for further enquiries.

The last outage happened in early May around Bukit Batok, a result of cable cuts caused by a third-party Power Grid contractor doing excavation works.

Source: NetLink Trust (1, 2).

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