The six months deal you heard is not true at least to the best of my knowledge. They've slapped a 6 month (minimum) censorship on the media. As for communications, there were rumours that lines would be restored after 72 hours of the address. But that transpires in a couple of hours now. So let's see. For the last couple of days landlines have been on between 9 pm to 10:15/20 pm. Brook in Kathmandu.