"A stray bullet cut through a Spectrum fiber line on Friday, knocking an undisclosed number of Texans offline. Spectrum told customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that services were down in a post on X, which judging from the comments from customers isn't an unusual occurrence. Charter, which owns Spectrum, has confirmed that a bullet was responsible and sliced through a key data cable that serviced the area."
"Charter declined to provide the number of customers who lost internet. However, according to the Dallas Morning News, outage site Downdetector (which does not list historical outages) showed nearly 25,000 reports of lost service Friday afternoon. The newspaper reported that other cities, including Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio, were also affected. The spokesperson also opined that people shouldn't treat Downdetector as gospel,"
A stray bullet severed a Spectrum fiber line, leaving an undisclosed number of Texans offline. Spectrum notified Dallas-Fort Worth customers of service outages via a post on X and Charter confirmed a bullet sliced a key data cable. Downdetector showed nearly 25,000 reports of lost service Friday afternoon, and cities including Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio experienced impact. Charter declined to disclose how many customers lost service and cautioned against treating Downdetector as definitive. The damaged cable was likely pole-mounted rather than buried, and this marks Spectrum's third gunfire-related outage in the past 12 months.
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