Valley-wide Spectrum outage resolved; company attributes disruption to vandalism

After an outage Saturday night, service has now been restored to Spectrum customers across the valley.

Several customers have informed us that their internet, landline and cable service is affected.

Our station was also affected.

We contacted Spectrum officials, who attributed the outage to vandalism.

In an exclusive statement to News Channel 3, a Spectrum spokesperson said:

“Our fiber optic lines were cut overnight due to vandalism. For all customers in the desert cities who experienced disruption due to the vandalism, all services were restored by this morning. We thank our customers for their patience while we made the necessary repairs overnight.”

-Dennis Johnson, Spectrum Senior Director, Western and Northwest Communications

An investigation is currently underway with the help of law enforcement as Spectrum attempts to determine the number of affected customers in the Valley.

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