Mystery digger cuts telecom cable, outage affects 2,500
CAMPBELL, OH—1/24/2012 The party responsible for cutting a telephone cable and causing a widespread outage was unknown. However, even without someone to thank, 2,500 customers lost their phone connections all day and well into the night. Several local municipalities were also affected—including city hall, the police department and the fire department. Conversely, 911 service was not affected by the damaged phone cable and continued to operate. Authorities began investigating the incident immediately to try and determine who damaged the cable.
