Quebec: Sabotage of the Internet and television

[Note that beyond all their blas blas about the redundancy of telecommunication networks, sabotaging the right fiber optic cables can succeed in disconnecting the internet and television in several districts of a capital city…]

Videotron’s outage caused by vandalism
Le Soleil (Canada), July 16, 2022 (excerpt)

An act of vandalism on Friday morning, July 15, disrupted Videotron [one of Canada’s major telecommunications companies, active in cable television, Internet access and wireless telephony] services for customers in several areas of Quebec City, some of whom had already been calling Videotron about it since 8 a.m.

Shortly before noon, the company confirmed on its social media that “an interruption of [its] Internet and TV services [was] underway in some areas of Quebec City. The outage would seem to affect mainly customers in the areas of Limoilou, Charlesbourg and Beauport. In response to a user, Videotron said that a team was on site to “merge the cut optical fibers so that the service is back as soon as possible.

[According to the company’s twitter account, it was not until the next day, July 16, around noon, that all connections were completely restored…]

via: sansnom