Phone problems in South Jakarta

Phone problems in South Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): In a similar fashion to the impact of water and
electricity company repair work, the drilling project of
telecommunication firm PT Telkom on Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu in
South Jakarta has left hundreds of its customers in trouble.

According to head of Telkom's South Jakarta district, Rizal
Saat, the repair work has disrupted the use of 400 telephone
lines with numbers starting 790, 791, 792... through 799.

" The service is expected to return to normal again on Jan.
18," Rizal was quoted by Antara as saying Monday.

According to him, the work has damaged two cables with a total
capacity of 1,200 and 1,400 lines respectively.

Rizal did not disclose when the project was started and what
had caused the damage.

He only said the affected customers included those living in
the surrounding areas of Jl. Cikoko Raya, the Cikoko Police
housing complex, the Bumi Sarinah estate, Jl. M.T. Haryono, Jl.
Pasar Minggu, Jl. Duren Tiga, Pengadean Utara, Perdatam, Jl.
Tendean, Mampang Prapatan and Tegal Parang.

Like in many cities nationwide, unprofessional work in
repairing the water, telephone and electricity utilities has
often affected customers as well as motorists.

This work usually leaves big holes in the streets, which also
endanger people's lives. None of the companies, nor their
contractors were willing to fix the damage until there were
strong protests from the public.

In many cases, the companies could only express their regrets
over the problem.

Referring to the poorly carried out Telkom work in South
Jakarta, Rizal said: "We're sorry about this. If customers are
still unable to use their telephones after Jan. 18, they should
just call the emergency number 117 for malfunctioning lines."
(bsr)