Clallam: Truck severs fiber optic line, cutting Internet, phone and other communications in Port Angeles, Sequim

Published 12:01 am Sunday, February 8, 2004

Port Angeles and Sequim were back online Saturday following a communications outage that affected phone and Internet service in the region.

Long-distance phone service, Internet access, cell phones, automatic banking machines and other services relying on a Qwest Communications fiber optic line were affected when a large truck struck the aerial cable on West Sequim Bay Road early Friday afternoon.

The outages started at about 12:30 p.m., and all service was restored by about 6:30 p.m. Friday, Qwest Spokesman Michael Dunne said Saturday.

Some customers had their services returned as early as about 3:30 p.m. as Qwest technicians spliced together the first of four fiber cables that were affected, Dunne said.

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The rest of the story appears in Sunday’s Peninsula Daily News.