Other Problems
Power plants on land weren’t the only major damaged infrastructure. The BBC reports that Japan to repair damaged undersea cables
Aftershocks are still preventing Japan’s telecommunication companies from repairing undersea cables, damaged in the recent earthquake and tsunami.
To restore services, many providers have rerouted traffic to backup cables.
KDDI, Japan’s second-largest telecoms operator, said it will send out a ship equipped with remotely-controlled robots as soon as the ground is still.
…KDDI is not the only telecommunications company in Japan badly affected by the disaster.
The country’s biggest operator, NTT, was hit hard as well.
…Other companies with undersea cables in the waters around Japan include Australian operator Telstra International, Taiwan’s largest phone operator Chunghwa Telecom, and global telecommunications service provider Pacnet, headquartered in Singapore and Hong Kong.
While some of them say their services have been restored, others are still struggling.
The guy in charge at KDDI has his head on straight. Since they can’t do anything until the aftershocks calm down, he is the only one going to the office. He assumes that his employees have a lot to do that wouldn’t be helped by sitting around at the office doing nothing.
In the same vein, the US is pulling military dependents out of Japan. The Japanese need the resources currently being used by non-essential US citizens.
