Christchurch earthquake: Telcos upgrading services in city

New Zealand Herald | March 14, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher
Christchurch’s phone and internet providers are restoring, upgrading and remapping their infrastructure to meet the needs of quake-struck businesses and residents.
Vodafone, Telecom, 2degrees and TelstraClear say they were impressed with how their networks handled the tremors, with the main disruption coming from power outages.
The failure of the electricity supply and a spike in phone traffic placed significant strain on networks after February 22.
Major telcos shipped in more than 100 power generators to support cell sites and phone cabinets to restore service across the city.
Nearly three weeks on, telcos are directing their attention to upgrading their infrastructure to meet the needs of a city trying to return to normality.
TelstraClear was rerouting service from the damaged CBD to spots where businesses were moving to.
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