The country's two main telecoms firms are complaining that attacks on their network infrastructure have escalated.
FLOW and Digicel say the perpetrators are now burning cell towers.
Chief Operating Officer at Digicel Group, Brian Bennett-Easy, said the rise in malicious attacks stems from false information that the sites cause covid-19.
Digicel and Flow noted that this is happening at a time when the country is more dependent on the internet.
FLOW's Country Manager, Stephen Price, is demanding that the government consider implementing orders under the emergency powers act to protect telecoms network from attacks.
He added that since the outbreak of COVID-19 on the island and with more people staying home for school and work, FLOW has seen up to 30 per cent increase in data traffic.
Bennett-Easy said the damage to Digicel's cell tower on Wednesday will cost the company about half a million dollars to replace.
He also noted that if the company loses one cell tower, about 7,000 people will be disconnected.
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