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.
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