|
|
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. |
ALL RELATED ARTICLESAll Internet Outages news
All Internet Infrastructure news
| | | RECENT RELATED ARTICLES | | Kent Big Day Out website crashes - 2010/02/26 People visiting the website to coincide with the highly-anticipated launch of Kent's Big Day Out 2010 have been let down after the online facility crashed due to demand. ... | | | | Huge irony as BBC website faces downtime - 2010/02/24 The BBC was left a bit red in the face after an important website went down due to overloaded servers, even though it invited its viewers to get involved in an online test. ... | | | | Netflix affected by widespread outage - 2010/02/22 Anybody wanting to stream a movie on Friday night (February 19th) from website Netflix was in for a shock and a big disappointment, with the website being temporarily unavailable for a ... | | | | Wordpress hit by network problems - 2010/02/19 Blogging service Wordpress has suffered from a major bout of downtime – highlighting the importance of effective website monitoring services. ... | | | | Microsoft investigates privacy glitch - 2010/02/18 Microsoft has had to investigate a potential privacy glitch in its Windows Live system after email users were given access to other people's accounts. ... | | |
|
|
|
