Taiwan Telecom Won't Build Add'l Backup

December 30, 2006 Taiwan Telecom Won't Build Add'l Backup (AP)

Business is poor at this Hong Kong Internet cafe Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 as many online gamers, frustrated by non-existent or slow connections to the Internet, stopped patronizing cyber cafes. Asia was slowly recovering from one of the biggest telecommunication outages to hit the region in years on Thursday as crews scrambled to rig up new telephone and Internet networks to replace those snapped by a Taiwanese earthquake. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

(AP) -- Taiwan's largest telecom company said Friday it will not invest more in backup lines to protect against disasters like the recent earthquake that snarled telephone and Internet service across Asia, affecting service as far away as the United States.



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