<story><title>Massive Comcast Outage Hits the US</title><url>http://www.newsweek.com/comcast-xfinity-down-outage-not-working-internet-my-area-1002278</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JonathonW</author><text>Comcast&amp;#x27;s confirmed the fiber cut:  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;comcastcares&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1012767042158510080&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;comcastcares&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1012767042158510080&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; One of Comcast’s large backbone network partners had a fiber cut that we believe is also impacting other providers. It is currently affecting our business and residential internet, video and voice customers.  We apologize &amp;amp; are working to get services restored as soon as possible&lt;p&gt;They seem to be at least starting to route around it now; I was having intermittent connectivity issues to various sites here all morning, but as of ~45 minutes ago, I&amp;#x27;m not having any issues reaching the sites I couldn&amp;#x27;t reach earlier.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walrus01</author><text>Best current info is as follows:&lt;p&gt;There is a fiber cut somewhere between NYC and Chicago.&lt;p&gt;At the same time there is also a fiber cut between Ashburn, VA, and locations in South Carolina. The cut is somewhere in NC.&lt;p&gt;Copy and paste from Level3 notification system:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;* CASCADED EXTERNAL NOTES 29-Jun-2018 15:13:37 GMT From CASE: 14815828 - Event Field Operations dispatched to the estimated failure location and upon arrival was advised by local law enforcement there was a truck that struck a utility pole, which then fell across the street and struck another pole, which then tore down the aerial fiber lines. In addition to the fiber lines being down, live power lines are down as well. OSP will be dispatching a fiber repair and construction crew to the site; however, until the local utility company has completed their repairs and deemed the area safe, fiber repairs cannot begin.&lt;p&gt;* CASCADED EXTERNAL NOTES 29-Jun-2018 19:21:05 GMT From CASE: 14815828 - Event The OSP has contacted the personnel transporting the replacement fiber, and they advised they remain en route, and on schedule for their ETA of 20:15 GMT. The next update will be provided upon their arrival, or as new information becomes available.</text></comment>
<story><title>Massive Comcast Outage Hits the US</title><url>http://www.newsweek.com/comcast-xfinity-down-outage-not-working-internet-my-area-1002278</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JonathonW</author><text>Comcast&amp;#x27;s confirmed the fiber cut:  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;comcastcares&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1012767042158510080&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;comcastcares&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1012767042158510080&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; One of Comcast’s large backbone network partners had a fiber cut that we believe is also impacting other providers. It is currently affecting our business and residential internet, video and voice customers.  We apologize &amp;amp; are working to get services restored as soon as possible&lt;p&gt;They seem to be at least starting to route around it now; I was having intermittent connectivity issues to various sites here all morning, but as of ~45 minutes ago, I&amp;#x27;m not having any issues reaching the sites I couldn&amp;#x27;t reach earlier.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tomatotomato37</author><text>For the infrastructure-level network admins out there, is there different lingo for an intentional and accidental fibre break, or is &amp;quot;fibre cut&amp;quot; used for both? I&amp;#x27;m just thinking &amp;#x27;cut&amp;#x27; is a pretty intentional word to use here.</text></comment>