The rebels claimed progress in dealing with water shortages and restoring telephone service.
See articleFollowing last week's earthquake, India restored telephone links across the "line of control" dividing Indian- from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir.
B13 GETTING PHONES TO WORK -- The easy part of restoring telephone service to Lower Manhattan is over, with the hard part just beginning.
Verizon's service on Long Island is "among the worst in the state" when it comes to restoring telephone service after a storm or some other problem, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, the chairman of the State Assembly's Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, said on Wednesday.
The Bush administration's reports of successes -- refurbished schools here, restored telephone service there -- have proved difficult to verify and measure, largely because, with so many companies and agencies acting semi-autonomously, there has been no centralized way to track accomplishments.
The New York State Legislature has scheduled a public hearing on how best to restore subway, telephone and electric services to Lower Manhattan near ground zero.
TELEPHONE PHONE SERVICE MAY REQUIRE ELECTRICITY Verizon and Cablevision said that the statistics on people without telephone service were deceptive because many customers get their telephone, Internet and television through equipment that requires electricity, so when power is restored, phone service resumes.
Her sailors restored power, telephone service and repaired trains and buses.
Consolidated Edison and Verizon continued to work through the night yesterday to restore electricity and telephone service in Lower Manhattan, but could not predict how long that would take.
In Galway, ESB repair crews worked through labor and supply shortages to restore power and telephone service despite recent strikes in the company.
