Because of a severed submarine cable, the residents of the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee have had neither internet nor telephone for two days. Technicians are therefore now trying to activate an unused cable.
Two days after a submarine cable was severed during construction work, the Baltic Sea holiday island of Hiddensee is still largely cut off from telephone and internet. Technicians would now try to activate a second cable that is currently not in use, Hiddensee Mayor Thomas Gens told the German Press Agency on Friday. According to a spokeswoman for the Vorpommern-Rügen district, the aim is for telecommunications to be up and running again on Saturday afternoon.
About 1000 people live on Hiddensee. There are also vacationers. He couldn’t say how many are currently on the island, said Gens, who was on the island’s dike on his mobile phone. Because of the proximity to Rügen, there is only halfway reception there.
Hiddensee has been without internet and telephone for two days
Hiddensee is currently very well booked for winter, said the mayor. So far there have been no complaints. Since Hiddensee is small, complaints would be possible in person if there was a short walk, even without a telephone and internet.
According to the mayor, the effects of the severed submarine cable are significant. Neither the emergency call nor the ATM worked on the island. You cannot pay by card at the checkout because the data cannot be transferred to the mainland. After all, the municipal office has mobile internet. Most people still had radio and television via a satellite dish. The submarine cable had been destroyed during the laying of a new broadband cable.
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