AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Vandals slash fiber-optic cables across Los Angeles, knocking out internet for thousands
Deliberate attacks on more than 1,400 fiber-optic lines left thousands of residents in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Koreatown without internet or cell service over the weekend, and no one has been arrested. Someone slashed Spectrum's fiber-optic cables in Baldwin Hills on Friday, severing the lines that carry internet and wireless service to some of […] The post Vandals slash fiber-optic cables across Los Angeles, knocking out internet for thousands appeared first on American Almanac .
Deliberate attacks on more than 1,400 fiber-optic lines left thousands of residents in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Koreatown without internet or cell service over the weekend, and no one has been arrested. Someone slashed Spectrum's fiber-optic cables in Baldwin Hills on Friday, severing the lines that carry internet and wireless service to some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in central Los Angeles. Customers across West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Koreatown lost connectivity almost immediately. The next day, a similar attack hit Verizon's network, spreading outages across Southern California and into the San Fernando Valley by early Sunday morning. Neither company has identified a suspect. The motive remains…Open