{"id":1319905,"date":"2020-05-12T21:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T03:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996384"},"modified":"2020-05-12T21:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T03:05:29","slug":"internet-outage-tuesday-caused-by-dump-truck-that-cut-lines-in-carbondale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/internet-outage-tuesday-caused-by-dump-truck-that-cut-lines-in-carbondale\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet outage Tuesday caused by dump truck that cut lines in Carbondale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday\u2019s internet outage that affected much of the Roaring Fork Valley was caused by a dump truck that cut lines mid-valley, according to a spokesperson for Comcast.<\/p>\n

The outage, which stretched from Aspen to Glenwood Springs, hit during the middle of the day and lasted nearly four hours. It also affected cell service in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis happened a little before 1 p.m. and was caused by a third-party dump truck that hit and cut our aerial lines,\u201d Leslie Oliver, director of medial communications for Comcast\u2019s Mountain West region, said in an email Tuesday evening. \u201cIt happened in Carbondale, and impacted Comcast services to our customers throughout the valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver said local crews were able to repair the damaged lines \u201cas quickly as they could\u201d and the network capacity remained strong after the repairs.<\/p>\n

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