金門大斷訊 春節航線訂位延期

A telecommunication disconnection unexpectedly took place between Taiwan and Kinmen around two-thirty in the afternoon on December 8th, including an "entire disconnection" of network, long-distance calls, and cell phone use. The Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) announced that due to this disconnection, the booking of airline tickets for the Chinese New Year would need to be postponed.
台灣本島與金門外島之間，12月8日下午兩點半左右突然通訊中斷，包括網路、長途電話、行動電話等「完全斷訊」。交通部民航局臨時宣布，農曆春節台金機票的訂位作業延期。

Chunghwa Telecom's disconnection incident happened at 2:35 p.m. on December 8th. Around 6:45 in the evening, after four hours of disconnection, the telecommunication in affected areas was back to normal. Because of the telecommunication disconnection between Taiwan and Kinmen, Director of Transportation and Tourism Bureau of Kinmen County Government Lin, Zhen-Cha (林振查) rushed to Chunghwa Telecom's Kinmen operation office to assess the whole situation, and reported back to the MOTC. To avoid unfairness, the MOTC urgently declared postponement of ticket booking for Taiwan-Kinmen air travel during Chinese New Year. This was intended to protect the interest of the Kinmenese. The Civil Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County Government also coordinated with the emergency response measures by first phoning all township offices, and then broadcasting the notification informing the villagers of the ticket booking postponement.
中華電信這次斷訊事件發生在8日下午約2時35分，經4個多小時的停擺，晚間6時45分左右才陸續恢復通訊。由於台金通訊中斷，縣府交旅局局長林振查8日下午立即趕往中華電信金門營運處了解，並將狀況回報交通部。為避免影響公平性，交通部緊急宣布春節台金機票的訂位作業延期，以確保金門民眾權益。民政局則配合以電話通知各鄉鎮公所，再透過各村里辦公處進行廣播，向村里民告知訂位延期。

Regarding the reason for the Chunghwa Telecom network break down, according to the Chunghwa Telecom's service center in Kinmen, there are currently two undersea optical fiber (1) cables between Taiwan and Kinmen-one from Penghu to Kinmen and the other from Taichung to Kinmen. The two cables disconnected simultaneously (2) the afternoon of December 8th. After many tests, it was discovered that the point of origin of the telecommunication disconnection was a breakdown (3) of long-distance transmission equipment in an overland (4) machinery room. After the emergency rescue, the undersea optical fiber providing telecommunications from Kinmen to Penghu was finally restored at 6:45 p.m.
至於電信網路故障原因，據中華電信金門服務中心表示，目前台金之間有2條海纜，一條為澎湖至金門、另一條為台中至金門，8日下午2條同時「斷訊」。經多方測試，才發現原來是陸上機房長途傳輸設備故障。搶修後，晚間6時45分首先修復金門至澎湖、台灣海纜的通訊。

Because the telecommunication disconnection incident affected the interest of thousands of customers in Kinmen, the National Communications Commission (NCC) has shown up (5) and coordinated the involved parties. NCC demanded that Chunghwa Telecom compensate (6) the victims. Compensations include reducing the monthly rent by at least 5%, and reducing or canceling roaming (7) charges during the disconnection. Other cell phone companies, such as TCC, agreed to follow the same measures.
由於斷訊事件影響金門外島上千名消費者權益，國家通訊傳播委員會（NCC）10日立即出面協調，要求中華電信提出補償措施，包括月租費減免至少5％，以及減免斷訊期間的漫遊費用等。其他行動電話業者如台灣大哥大等，也同意比照辦理。


【註解】
●1.optical fiber-(n)光纖。
●2.simultaneously-(adv.)同時地。
●3.breakdown-(n)故障；損壞。亦可將兩字分開，break down，指故障、失敗。
●4.overland-(adj.)陸路的；陸上的。
●5.show up-動詞片語，指露面；出席。
●6.compensate-(vt.)補償；賠償。名詞是compensation。
●7.roaming-(n)指行動電話的國際漫遊。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年12月9日報導