10,000 Eircom Customers Off-Line due to Fibre Cut

Cabaal

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/cavan.html

Around 10,000 Eircom broadband customers in counties Cavan and Monaghan have been disconnected after a fibre optic cable was cut during a robbery early this morning.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident at Scotshouse near Clones. Raiders cut cables before breaking into a small shop in the village.

700 telephone customers have also been affected.

A spokesperson for Eircom said they are working to repair the cable and expect to have services restored by early afternoon.

Random

Surely one cable in a shop can't effect so many?

Snaga

To be fair it was probably cable in a chamber just outside the shop. Rather than figure out which cables actually go into the shop - just snip em all - its quicker.

dub45

Eircom are obviously starting to enforce their download limits!:rolleyes:

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MunsterCycling

Seeing as their cosy deal with the studios is now illegal.

devnull

Would effect Eircom resellers as well.

jor el

They should have had eircom Phonewatch on the cable cabinet. Those burglars would have been shaking in their boots.