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<p><i>From BBC Radio Orkney on Facebook:</i></p>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Orkney\u2019s damaged subsea broadband connection now won\u2019t be fixed until Wednesday August 6th. </div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Managing director Pall Vesturbu said \u201c The vessel was due to leave Dunkirk this afternoon. It\u2019s due off Kirkwall on Saturday morning for crew transfer, with arrival at the fault site south of Orkney around Noon the same day.\u201d</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">He continued \u201cAll subject to weather, but the repair is now expected to be completed by Wednesday next week.\u201d</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">The cable was snagged by a fishing boat early last Saturday morning. It\u2019s caused disruption for hundreds of customers in Orkney and Shetland. Many have been switched to back-up services but some still have no internet or phone service.</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Some Vodafone customers say they have been told they won\u2019t be reconnected until the cable is fixed, which had been expected this weekend. They could now face 12 days or more without a service. </div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Vodafone has rejected criticism of its failure to reconnect its customers, saying \u201cAs the cable is shared, customers from a range of providers are impacted in varying ways depending on how the traffic is routed.\u201d</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Northern Isles MP, Alistair Carmichael, says frustration with the poor response of some network providers is growing. He\u2019s , warned \u201conce the dust settles\u201d the Westminster government must examine their capacity to respond to more serious disruption to isles infrastructure.</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Mr Carmichael is calling on people and businesses affected by poor performance and communication from their network provider to contact his office by email at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:alistair.carmichael.mp@parliament.uk">alistair.carmichael.mp@parliament.uk</a> or on 01856 876541 (Orkney) or 01595 690 044 (Shetland).</div></div>
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