Nassau, Bahamas - (October 1st 2013) BTC has advised that landline, internet and cellular services are patchy at best in the Northern Bahamas due to the ongoing repairs to the badly damaged Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network International Cable (II/BDSNi).

A freighter anchored incorrectly in the 8 Mile Rock Harbour on September 16th damaged the vital telecommunications link. BTC engineers were able to restore certain service points by routing calls and data on alternative routes within the BTC network, but now that the heavy-duty repair and replacement work to the underwater cable is in progress, services are intermittent, particularly on Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini and Andros. 

Additionally, some degradation is being experienced to SMS (text messaging) service on New Providence.  BTC projects a best case scenario is service resumption by days-end, October 1st.  and meanwhile apologizes for the disruption. Further updates will be issued as they are received from the repair engineers.