Is the Communications crippled in Santa Cruz County?
A large portion of the South Bay and adjacent coastal region – including major parts of Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties – were transformed into a virtual black hole after vandals severed fiber optic cables underground. John Britton, a spokesman for AT&T, said it appears vandals opened a manhole and climbed down at least 8 feet to cut four or five fiber optic cables along Monterey Road just north of the Blossom Hill Road exit. The second attack took place along Old County Road near Bing Street in San Carlos.
Santa Cruz County woke up to a rude reminder Thursday of just how reliant society has become on the Internet, cell phones and even less modern technology, like hard phone lines. A large portion of the South Bay and adjacent coastal region – including major parts of Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties – were transformed into a virtual black hole after vandals severed fiber optic cables underground. Authorities did not immediately identify suspects in the overnight attack, but AT&T announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. Hundreds of thousands of AT&T, Verizon, Nextel and Sprint customers with land lines, cell phones and Internet service were affected. Reminiscent of the hours after an earthquake, widespread communications interruptions baffled emergency service providers, businesses and every day residents as cell phone chatter, Web surfing, ATM, credit card and other electronic data sharing came to a screeching hal
A large portion of the South Bay and adjacent coastal region – including major parts of Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties – were transformed into a virtual black hole after vandals severed fiber optic cables underground. John Britton, a spokesman for AT&T, said it appears vandals opened a manhole and climbed down at least 8 feet to cut four or five fiber optic cables along Monterey Road just north of the Blossom Hill Road exit. The second attack took place along Old County Road near Bing Street in San Carlos. Sources: http://whatcomradio.wordpress.
Santa Cruz County woke up to a rude reminder Thursday of just how reliant society has become on the Internet, cell phones and even less modern technology, like hard phone lines. A large portion of the South Bay and adjacent coastal region – including major parts of Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties – were transformed into a virtual black hole after vandals severed fiber optic cables underground. Authorities did not immediately identify suspects in the overnight attack, but AT&T announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. Hundreds of thousands of AT&T, Verizon, Nextel and Sprint customers with land lines, cell phones and Internet service were affected. Reminiscent of the hours after an earthquake, widespread communications interruptions baffled emergency service providers, businesses and every day residents as cell phone chatter, Web surfing, ATM, credit card and other electronic data sharing came to a screeching hal
