Multiple undersea cables were severed in the Red Sea over the weekend, disrupting internet connectivity across parts of Asia and the Middle East, technology companies and monitoring groups reported Sunday. The fibre broadband outage affected more than 5,000 households in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Sengkang and Punggol for 20 hours on April 18. SINGAPORE – Asia Piling, a company involved in many public and commercial projects here, is the sub-contractor that hit critical underground fibre-optic cables. SINGAPORE: Asia Piling Co was the sub-contractor that damaged fibre optic cables and caused a broadband service outage over the weekend, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Wednesday (Apr 22). Fibre optic cables on the ocean Floor.