Curious
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When Internet and telephone service failed in northern Arizona midday Wednesday, Feb. 25, it brought an early close to many businesses.
Hi Steve and Doug - Yesterday around noon the phones and internet went dead from North Phoenix to Flagstaff. Like most businesses, we were dead in the water as most everything we do is internet based. The story from our ISP initially was that someone hit a transformer. Another local cable company said a road construction crew hit a line. The internet and phones were down anywhere from 6 – 15 hours as a result of what turned out to be a fiber optic cable cut. Local bank were writing handwritten receipts and merchants were only taking cash as credit cards could not be used. The “911” system also was out of commission.
The news is reporting today that a fiber optic cable was intentionally cut in broad daylight in an act of “vandalism”. There is very little news coverage about this story and many of us here suspect this was a “dry run” of sorts. For those here in our office who think I am completely a nut job, it was a good wake-up call to discover how vulnerable the system is.
I just thought I would share this story and our local news report is below. Jay
Feb 26, 2015
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Internet down Feb.25 in far west Texas--FEB 25
My name is Rick ,and I live in Alpine Texas, a small very rural town in the Big Bend (far West Texas).
We have at least 3 local internet providers which include ATT and our internet went down (specifically ATT) on Wednesday around noon for 8 hours.
Being a spirit filled born again believer and fully awake for 20 years, I was immediately suspicious about the downed net and curious if problems were occurring around the country, especially in light of the secret FCC vote yesterday.
I got on the phone and began calling around town to confirm is was a network problem and not my computer (or modem). I found that ATT was the main provider that was down reaching other towns near mine, as well as other internet providers that were experiencing problems.
The network was restored by 8pm Wednesday night. I have not heard or been given any kind of explanation for the failure.
Your article posted today "Attack On Arizona's Internet" confirmed my suspicions.
By the way, our little town here has the highest concentration of federal LE per capita that any other in the country.
In Christ,
Rick
Feb 27, 2015
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BB&T DOWN IN SOUTH EAST VA-VA BEACH AREA-NOTE THE STRANGENESS
Steve,
Don’t know is this has anything to do with anything but went to the bank today (BB&T) in south east VA (VA beach area) to put in some money to pay bills, and low and behold they said they could not put it in right away as they did not have power. The 2 interesting parts of this is 1) BofA across the street had power as I was in that bank 3 minutes before and 2) I was in the drive through and the speakers and tubes system seem to work just fine. After looking at your site seen that the internet was down in other parts of conus.
Thanks,Mark
Feb 27, 2015