DARE COUNTY, N.C. — A 911 outage happened around 1 p.m. Monday afternoon due to a cut fiber optic cable, according to Dare County Emergency Manager Drew Pearson. The cut cable was along NC 12 near Pea ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A fiber optic line cut in Leesburg is to blame for the Central Florida 911 system outage, according to Osceola County officials. The time it will take to restore the service is ...

On Monday afternoon, October 6, Verizon users in Grand County, Colorado, first began experiencing widespread disruptions to mobile and internet services. The outage lasted until Tuesday evening, ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Nearly 1,000 residents lost phone and broadband service after someone “deliberately cut” a fiber optic cable in Mecklenburg County on Thursday. On Friday, July 25, the ...

Multiple local agencies reported experiencing technical difficulties affecting 911 and non-emergency phone lines on Tuesday afternoon. Those who were in need of immediate emergency services were ...

Authorities link recent internet outages to the rising price of copper, even though the lines being damaged are not made of that material. In Johnston County, someone stole nearly 100 feet of fiber ...

In January, sea ice severed a fiber-optic cable running along the floor of the Beaufort Sea several miles off the North Slope. The line is a key piece of Northwest Alaska’s broadband infrastructure, ...