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Contractor‑excavation severs district fiber; Celerity completes emergency repair with limited downtime
Summary
A third‑party contractor damaged a fiber conduit linking Slatington Elementary and the high school; Celerity Integrated Services completed the repair in cold weather using controlled trailers, keeping high‑school network outages to about 45 minutes; estimated repair cost is about $10,000 and responsibility is still being negotiated.
District technology staff reported that a contractor doing water‑related excavation struck and kinked the fiber conduit that carries network and internet service from Slatington Elementary to the high school. The damage included a broken conduit and kinked fiber, which district staff described as “very thin glass.”
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