The time taken for service restoration varies, depending on the extent of the damage as well as the site and weather conditions. Ground conditions unique to each incident (e.g. safety of site as a result of loose soil, heavy rain, flooding, etc.) may also hamper the speed of restoration. NetLink Trust always endeavour to restore the affected fibre cables as expeditiously as possible. As NetLink Trust progressively restores the affected fibre cables, the respective Retail Service Providers would be advised to perform the necessary checks at their end to validate the status of their affected services. In turn, the Retail Service Providers would validate that service to affected end-Users have been restored. Such validations require additional time. This could take up to a few hours more to confirm that all connections are up after the cables have been restored by NetLink Trust.