News analysis
Redundancy should not be an afterthought for telcos
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M1 said the disruptions comprised two unrelated incidents on May 12 and 13 respectively.
ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
M1's fibre broadband outage last week, which came on the heels of StarHub's intermittent fibre broadband disruption a month ago, raised questions again on whether telcos here have sufficient backup for the essential services they provide.
The issue becomes starker as almost the entire population depends on such connectivity to study and work at home to stem the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
