[HCARC] Outage

[John Canfield]

Ah-so! There's a bunch of construction in and around Boerne, it's 
expanding at an amazing rate. Thanks Harvey.

John WB5THT


On 4/23/2018 11:23 AM, Harvey N. Vordenbaum wrote:
> Hill Country victim of major internet outage Saturday night
>
> It started at around 7:30pm, Saturday night. People all across the Texas
> Hill Country, refreshing their internet feeds, hoping to connect, with no
> luck. Cable TV Service, Internet Service and Cell Phone services were dead
> across the area.
>
> The only services that seemed to be working, were Windstream and At&t
> services. Sprint, Verizon, Spectrum, T-Mobile Internet and many other
> carriers were completely out until 2:36 this morning.
>
> Residents took to Facebook to voice their frustrations, if they were able to
> get service, saying that they felt like their loved ones were in danger
> because there was no way to check on them. There were also concerns that
> emergency lines were not working with some carriers.
>
> Unconfirmed sources are saying that a fiber-optic cable was cut and was
> being repaired. It does take several hours to connect a fiber-optic cable
> after it has been severed.
>
> Back in 2015, there were two cases out of Boerne, TX, where the fiber-optic
> line carrying signal from San Antonio was severed by a construction crew.
> At&t and Windstream lost service for several hours both times during that
> outage.
>
> When that source of the outage is confirmed, we will update this article.
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