(AP) – Thousands of Mediacom internet and television
customers have experienced service interruptions in Georgia, Illinois and
Missouri after a pair of large fiber-optic cables were accidentally cut.Mediacom Communications spokeswoman Phyllis Peters says a mower for a road
crew severed a cable Thursday morning near Fitzgerald, Georgia. A little over a
half hour later, a construction crew severed another cable near Carrollton,
Missouri.Peters said it was “very unusual” for the company to experience two
significant cable cuts in the same day.
customers have experienced service interruptions in Georgia, Illinois and
Missouri after a pair of large fiber-optic cables were accidentally cut.Mediacom Communications spokeswoman Phyllis Peters says a mower for a road
crew severed a cable Thursday morning near Fitzgerald, Georgia. A little over a
half hour later, a construction crew severed another cable near Carrollton,
Missouri.Peters said it was “very unusual” for the company to experience two
significant cable cuts in the same day.
She said the Missouri incident caused video problems for about 140,000
customers in Missouri and Illinois and internet troubles for an unknown number.
She said the Georgia incident interrupted video service for up to 36,000
customers and internet service for as many as 15,000.
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