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Fibre-optic cable cut causes website outage | | 2009/11/17 | |
Thousands of internet users in the United States have been affected by an internet outage, according to reports.
Problems were experienced with the ATT.Net homepage yesterday, preventing both webmail and homepage access.
After initially failing to comment, a spokesperson for major US telecoms firm AT&T confirmed that an outage was triggered at around 02:30 local time when a fibre-optic cable was cut.
Mark Siegel added that full web service was restored by 10:15, although he did not confirm whether or not website monitoring services had been in use at the time of the incident.
Writing for USA Today, Leslie Cauley noted that fibre-optic cables are typically highly resistant to moisture, heat and cold, as they are bundled and wrapped in protective sleeves.
However, she said that trenching equipment, squirrels and other rodents can at times be responsible for cutting the lines, potentially affecting thousands of peoples' web access. |
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