Wednesday’s internet outage linked to fiber lines damaged by construction crews
Underground fiber line - Stock Photo (Christian Schwier / Adobe Stock)
ASHEBORO — An internet outage on Wednesday, affecting a large portion of Randolph County, has been linked to fiber lines damaged by construction crews.
At about 3 p.m. Wednesday, an internet outage began to affect large parts of Randolph County. By 6 p.m., Randolph County Emergency Services had posted to Facebook that it was experiencing a “degradation in the phone and internet services affecting Brightspeed and AT&T customers.” The same outage also affected internet and telephone services at the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, which also notified the public through social media.
Randolph News Now learned Thursday the outage was related to damage to two fiber lines, owned and operated by Brightspeed, that...