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Contractor accidentally cuts off telephone service for Natchez customers
Published Thursday, December 4, 2008
NATCHEZ — Since Tuesday, an unknown number of AT&T customers across Natchez have been with out phone and Internet service.
AT&T spokeswoman Sue Sperry said the outage was caused when a contractor working near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. and Main streets cut through three cable lines.
The contractors were not working for AT&T, Sperry said.
Sperry said it was rare for so many lines to be damaged so severely.
And that damage has created a headache for local businesses.
At Lairds Barber &Style Center, on Franklin Street, incoming calls had to be rerouted to employee’s cell phones so that they could continue to book clients.
Bruce Laird works at the shop and said the lack of phone service has created a great inconvence for his business.
“We work by appointment,” Laird said. “And if they (customers) can’t make appointments, we’re just standing around.”
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Posted by redusmfan (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Call me and let me know what happened.
Posted by JustAPerson (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 10:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe the cougar ate through the phone lines at a substation!
Posted by Yeahuhuh (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Terrorists
Posted by firered (Elizabeth Geter) on December 4, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No.. its the Damn Yankees!! lol
Posted by justthefactsman (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Drive down main st and notice the big hole in the ground and the tent set up around it. Its in front of the old phone company building. There's your problem.
Posted by generoberts (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It wasn't the cougar.....I just got a call from a friend of mine. The cougar is no more! Somebody had him on the back of a tailgate out at cranfield.
Posted by redgirlemt (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i resent that remark firered. hahahahahahahahahah
Posted by notfromnatchez (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Al Qaeda of Natchez
Posted by theduke (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
generoberts
I go to another story & there you are.
This has nothing to do with the cougar.
Posted by natcheznative (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Cable one was digging and cut through an AT &T fiber optic line.
Posted by generoberts (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sure it does...read the second post dukeey
Posted by JustAPerson (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I still say its the cougar.
Posted by JustAPerson (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thats how he wound up on someones tailgate. When he broke throught the casing on the phone line he was electrocuted.
Posted by Preacher (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Natcheznative is correct. CableOne cut at least three 600 pair wires. Repairs hopefully to be completed by Monday.
Posted by generoberts (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
oh well....what can you do?
Posted by 3on23 (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What happened to the old "Call before you dig?", but seriously I hate it for all the residents and customers who are out of service.
Posted by skippydammit (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 6:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ET: phone home.
Oh, sorry...
you can't !
:)
Posted by tjim97 (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 7:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
AT&T is working around the clock to restore service. Please be patient with them. They want to get your service back ASAP.
Posted by tjim97 (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I sure wish I could see that cougar.
Posted by KreweMember2 (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL skippy! Got anyother alien spotting for us? There seems to be an unquenchable taste in Natchez for the unbelievable.
Posted by awayfromhome (anonymous) on December 4, 2008 at 9:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ATT is trying to bring cable to compete... Cable on just set them back a little. Or, Hoop Skirt Mafia strkikes again?
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