"99% recovery? The copper wire is still in the phone of my shop" – Chosun.com

Entry 2018.11.29 10:02
| Revision 2018.11.29 11:45

KT removes 99% of copper users' recovery rate
Copper recovery rate level 10%
Residents "I'm not expensive, I do not fix it"

"Yesterday, the customer followed the shop, why do not you answer the phone, they will be on the phone (mobile), forget it, here it burns,

Sung Young-hwan (73), who operates a Gemini supermarket near Chung Jung-ro Station on the 28th, said she had listened to a fixed telephone receiver in the store all morning. The sigh never stopped. This is because the phone for five days since the big fire occurred in Seodaemun-gu Chung Jung-ro 3 KT Ahn Hyun Jung in Seoul was "unlucky". Sung said: "I've often received orders for office drinks nearby, but I can not get them all, so I'm frustrated."

◇ Small traders "Our store calls for five days"
KT reported having restored 98% of wireless services (mobile communications), 99% of IPTV (Internet TV) Internet services and 99% of fixed lines (optical cables). It is almost 100% restored.

However, in some areas, the phone still suffers from "Most of them are residents of small towns that are not covered by fiber optic cable but by copper wires." They are small traders among the narrow alleys The recovery rate of the oilfield in the copper installation area is 10 %.KT however did not know the number of users or copper victims in the recovery rate.

It is estimated that there are about 10,000 users of copper wire in Seodaemun-gu, Mapo-gu and Jung-gu in the areas affected by the fire. Among them, 9,000 people are still in a state of "disconnection of communication". These are people who have installed corded telephones using copper lines before the late 1990s, but have not been able to replace them with optical cables introduced since 2000.

My aunt (75 years old), who lives near the scene of the fire, said: "I felt frustrated for a few days, but my daughter gave me a cell phone, and then I went to work. realized that the phone was on fire. " I do not even fix it. "

A KT official said: "When we replace it with a fiber optic cable, different services are combined and the price is relatively increased." Many vulnerable clbades in IT and small traders still use copper cables.

(55), who runs a restaurant near Chungjungro Station, lost sales due to a phone service interruption. "Initially, I had sold a million won a day because I had placed a lot of orders over the phone, but I could not make calls, so my sales dropped by less than half, "he said.

◇ Priority restoration of the optical cable, restoration of the copper wire
KT's response to copper users has been "tinned". I put the staff and explained to the owners that they could receive the phone call at the store by phone. In addition, the merchant who has been disturbed by the card payment machine has temporarily installed a terminal capable of wireless payment.

Even this number was insufficient and the measures too late. Near the Chungjungno station, near the scene of the fire, KT employees said that they had arrived only on the 27th of the three days following the fire. Jeon Young-sun (60), owner of a washing machine with a wireless payment device, said: "The temporary device is also connected wirelessly, so it can not work properly."

Choi Seung-jae, president of the Association of Small Business Entrepreneurs, said: "It's a disaster that makes livelihoods related to sales to people who work." "It's not like we've built it, but it's been hit like a natural disaster."

KT said the problem would be solved by calling the phone number "100". to rescue residents and merchants of copper lines. But the recovery of the copper wire should take longer. KT said, "Copper cables are thicker and heavier than optical cables and can not be pulled over the eyes, people still can not get into the look." It seems that recovery will take time. "

The fire broke out at 9:26 pm the same day the fire occurred on the 24th at 11:00 am, at Chongjungro 3, Seodaemun-gu, in the communications district. underground of KT Ahn Hyun-gi. As a result, the 2833 KT mobile phone base stations in Jung-gu, Yongsan-gu, Mapo-gu and Seodaemun-gu in Seoul ceased to operate. The wired Internet service of 215,000 subscribers has also been removed. According to the fire department, Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul and some areas of Goyang-si in Gyeonggi-do had communication problems.

Following the second round of joint tests conducted on March 26, it was determined that "the possibility of a fire failure due to arson or cigarette butts is low". Currently, NPS is committed to conserving ventilation remains, such as fans, and confirms the cause of mechanical ignition or other specific sources of ignition.