An optical fiber station caught fire this Monday evening April 28 in Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem, rue des Coquelicots. A position that fibers fiber optics from the dozens of municipalities in the sector. Who have been deprived of internet, television and fixed telephony. This position, which is a real optical connection knot is out of use. It is unknown for the moment the cause of the fire, but the consequences are important, since all users connected to the Internet via fiber are deprived of connection. This breakdown does not affect 3G, 4G and 5G networks which normally operates.
Who is affected?
Communes of Calaisis, Flanders, and Audomarois are partially affected, in particular the SFR and Bouygues networks. In Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem, all of the operators are impacted. The failure of individuals, but also companies and public services (town halls, schools)
Back to normal?
If work should start quickly, and a national crisis management plan has been activated, it is currently impossible to give a date of retoru to normal. A diagnosis must be carried out to see under what period it is possible to connect the new node for the network connection in order to restore the connection of customers. Some operators (such as Orange) made the decision last night to increase the internet package of their customers, so that they can establish a connection sharing on their devices.
