Noel affects telephone service

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Tropical Storm Noel brought down telephone services in the southwestern provinces of the DR. Claro-Codetel, Tricom and Centennial have all reported problems with services for their clients. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute says that it hopes that all phone and Internet lines will be back to normal by today. The problems arose when a Codetel antenna was knocked down, but Indotel president Jose Rafael Vargas said that LAN lines were still functioning in Barahona, as well as the Internet service. Vargas explained that repairs were halted due to the collapse of a bridge in Paya, Bani.

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