A construction crew who cut a fiber optic cable disrupted Bartholomew County government for a few hours Monday afternoon. Telephone service was disrupted at most downtown county facilities including the Bartholomew County Courthouse, the county jail and sheriff’s department, the county governmental office building, and the Court Services building, Bartholomew County commissioner Carl Lienhoop said…read …
LOS ANGELES, August 9, 2019 – To commemorate 8/11 Day (August 11), Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), The California Regional Common Ground Alliance (CARCGA) and Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) held a mock utility line strike to raise awareness about the importance of contacting 811 at least two working days (not counting the day of notification) prior to the start …
Utility companies have mobilized to let the public know that Aug. 11 is National Safe Digging Day, a reminder to call 811 before starting any digging project in order to prevent damage to underground utilities. Homeowners, contractors and excavators are urged to make a free call to 811 to have underground utility lines marked before …
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HENDERSON Vance County’s 911 office confirmed that four Sprint wireless towers around Henderson are out of action thanks to a cut fiber-optic line…read more
The mowing incident happened in the same area where the cable was fixed in June following a crash, contractors told OBXToday. As of 2 p.m., they said the repairs should be complete within two to two and a half hours. Many customers had services restored by 2:40 p.m…read more.
Telstra services have been restored in Bilpin and Mt Tomah after a severed cable saw telephone and internet services to the area go down for about 16 hours. The cable was cut by a contractor not related to Telstra doing excavation for a third party in Richmond about 9.30am on Tuesday, July 23…read more.
A Southern California jury on Wednesday gave Viasat Inc. every dollar of the $49 million it was seeking in contract claims against Acacia Communications Inc. But it delivered a mixed bag on Viasat’s trade secrets claims following a monthlong trial in northern San Diego County. Superior Court jurors found that Acacia willfully and maliciously misappropriated …
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A cellular telephone tower is visible Tuesday in downtown Ada. AT&T customers from Ada and Pauls Valley to Tishomingo and Madill experienced intermittent outages caused by a severed fiber optic line, an AT&T spokesperson said Tuesday…read more.
FRISCO — Communications were fully restored to the Summit County 911 Center early Tuesday morning following outages across the state. The Summit County 911 Center, along with other dispatch centers and customers around western Colorado, temporarily lost phone service due to a “third-party fiber cut,” according to a brief statement from CenturyLink spokesperson Nikki Wheeler. …
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A broken fiber optic cable has interrupted phone service for parts of Fort Dodge. According to Phyllis Peters, a spokeswoman for Mediacom Communications, a contractor who is not doing work for Mediacom was setting up new utility poles north of Mallard. While the pole was being installed, it severed the underground fiber optic cable, she …
