Strengthen IT infrastructure - AD
Posted by: kaizenlog in Malta, tags: Strengthen IT infrastructure - ADPress Release 16/08/2008
Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party urges the Malta Communication Authority (MCA) to strengthen the regulation of internet provision of in Malta. Recent events have shown how fragile the current provision of internet in Malta can be. There are for the moment only two cables connecting the local internet to the European backbone, each of them owned by a private company. Regulations should be in place for extraordinary events: each cable operator has to be allowed to use appropriate bandwidth from its competitor when technical faults occur in their cable connectivity.
Henrik Piski, IT spokesperson of Alternattiva Demokratika, said: “During the internet cable connectivity interruption which happened to GO ten days ago, the public realized that there was no real fallback procedure in place. GO users were not able to use the international internet connection. As Malta has a particular geographical position and connectivity to the international hub is only provided by two companies, the MCA has to make sure that these serious events do not happen again. It is not acceptable to have to wait months or years till alternative cables to the next hub are put in place”.
“The existing infrastructure has to be fairly shared between the two operators under the supervision of the Malta Communication Authority in these extraordinary circumstances,” concluded Henrik Piski.
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Ralph Cassar
PRO
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