no phone no wifi
a day in the wilderness
back to caveman days
I was working happily at home when around 11 a.m. my wifi went out.
As we get internet service and TV from the same place, I checked the TV and it was out.
No worries, I had a fall back plan when working from home.
The T Mobile unlimited data hotspot.
But my phone showed no bars and displayed the dread SOS that only 911 calls might work.
I checked with our apartment complex office as our service was paid for through our rent but they were out.
I drove to the local library and their service was out but someone with a different phone service was reporting a major outage for the county.
For the first time I knew for sure it was just local.
From the news:
The city of Beaufort said at 11:15 a.m. that its facilities were all without internet services.
Downdetector.com showed outages across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
Teachers also reported the internet being down in Beaufort County public schools.
By 12:45 p.m., Sparklight reported that “a portion of Hargray customers are experiencing slow internet or internet outages due to fiber damage caused by a third-party.”
At 4:13 PM EDT, the IT department where I work said that local provider, Hargray, had suffered 4 near simultaneous cuts in their main fiber ring in the Savannah/Pooler areas. A fiber ring can remain operational with 1 cut, but 4 at nearly the same time is catastrophic. The cuts were made by 4 different companies, in 4 different locations, also one I have never seen or heard of before. This Fiber ring supports all Hargray customers phone and internet services, hence the extensive service area affected, (Fl, GA, SC, NC, AL). Hargray has located 3 of the 4 cuts. Crews are onsite and hope to have the 3 cuts repaired in 3-5 hours. They believe this will restore the ring.
By that time I had got in the car and drove until I found cell service which was about 20 miles away.
I was stunned that we could lose both WiFi and Cell service on a perfectly sunny clear day.
As my neighbor put it, back to the caveman days.
No Haiku For You 