---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190910233006.GA8110@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:30:06 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: UT: Castle Valley power outage takes out Frontier service The power outage Aug. 28 was more widespread than just Castle Valley - and the surge that came when the lights came back on did some damage. That surge of power also tripped the equipment in the Frontier Communications phone office in the valley and eventually drained the backup batteries that provide phone service to the valley. https://moabtimes.com/2019/09/06/castle-valley-comments-sept-5-2019/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190910230226.GA7851@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:02:26 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Optimum calls outage "Power Related" as customers demand refunds Optimum cable and broadband customers whose service went out for hours Friday night remain in the dark whether the company will credit their bills for the prolonged outage. Through its Optimum service, Altice USA is the primary cable TV provider for coastal Fairfield County and towns just inland from Greenwich to Milford and extending up the Naugatuck River Valley, as well as parts of Litchfield County and central Connecticut. https://www.thehour.com/business/article/After-Friday-outage-Optimum-mum-on-customer-14424691.php -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190910231704.GA8011@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:17:04 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: UPDATE: Some Lewis and southern Jefferson Frontier customers still without telephone service By Julie Abbass LOWVILLE, NY - While some key facilities have had their phone service restored, others, along with many residents, have not. According to Lewis County General Hospital Director of Public Relations Christina Flint, telephone service returned to the facility intermittently Thursday afternoon, but is now stable and fully operational. https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/lewis-and-southern-jefferson-frontier-customers-still-without-telephone/article_d7c84155-c47f-5dde-9313-4f05b649446c.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 12 Sep 2019