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Verizon Outage Caused by Cable Vandalism | Oakland News
Verizon customers across Southern California faced major outages Sunday, with dropped calls and no signal affecting tens of thousands—so many that over 12,000 logged complaints on Downdetector. Verizon blamed vandalism, citing cut fiber optic cables as the culprit, a dangerous act that jeopardizes public safety by disrupting emergency communications. Engineers raced to restore service, with Verizon promising full recovery by evening and urging users to check their local status page for updates. This outage is a sobering reminder of how critical our communication infrastructure is—and how…
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