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County hears report that contractor hit fiber, knocking out four cell towers and affecting roughly 4,000 customers
Summary
A public commenter reported a contractor struck a Lumen fiber line, taking down four towers and disrupting service for an estimated 4,000 customers; Verizon experienced related outages the following day.
During public discussion at the start of the meeting, a county official reported that a contractor working in the county's right‑of‑way struck a Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) fiber circuit, temporarily taking down four cell service towers and disrupting service to about 4,000 customers.
The speaker said Lumen had seven repair trucks on site and restored service early Friday; Verizon experienced a related outage the following day and returned service to the area about 9 a.m. Central time the next night. "A little over 4,000 customers were impacted," the speaker said; he added that "about 4 to 300 people have no service for any of those" (quoted as stated in the meeting). The board recorded the report as an informational update; no board action was taken.
Ending: Supervisors acknowledged the update and moved on to the rest of the agenda.
