We had a ~30hr Windstream outage as well.  Aerial fiber got destroyed by a
car accident.  It had to be spliced over a 6-lane highway in multiple
places apparently.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:35 AM Chris Fabien <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jay, an obvious cut, like a backhoe dug up a cable or a pole taken out
> by an accident, maybe 8-12 hours or so, yea. The cut we just
> experienced was a number of broken strands at different places along a
> mile or so of aerial cable. They spent a lot of time troubleshooting
> where the breaks were and then actually repairing took I think about 6
> hours, they ended up replacing a 3/4 mile section. Never got
> information about what actually caused the damage on that one. I've
> also heard some stories locally of extended repair times due to
> flooding, where a road (and a cable) was washed out and it took
> several days to even regain access to the site to start working on
> repairs.
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:27 AM CBB - Jay Fuller
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Oh, i've been following details.  They're putting another redundant
> connection in at the other side of their electric coverage area and are
> planning on connecting the two sides but they aren't finished with
> construction yet.  I wasn't aware fiber connections can take a long time to
> repair.  I figured the average was eight hours or so.  Per their update, "a
> problem exists at the core".  I had never heard of Momentum, I wondered if
> they actually went under or something.  I appreciate the dialogue.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chris Fabien
> > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 9:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Momentum Telcom?
> >
> > Is it really two full days of outage or just, on it's second day today?
> > As I'm sure you know it's very possible for a fiber cut to take more
> > than 24 hours to restore. We had a windstream cut recently that took
> > 30 hours. And, our other carrier had a maintenance event overnight
> > that same night they couldn't delay! But luckily it was just for a few
> > hours at night. Working on a 3rd diverse path now.
> > This sounds like they are still single homed which in current times,
> > really seems irresponsible especially for a company with as much
> > resources as an electric coop should have. I'd have some anonymous
> > accounts start a discussion of where's your backup connection on their
> > FB group if you want to play nasty.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:54 AM CBB - Jay Fuller
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > and after their outage on june 3 i offered them a backup connection.
> we are located across the street from them.
> > > they sent me a nasty email basically saying their pages were for
> communicating with their customers and they were
> > > not interested.
> > >
> > > we are both building - but i don't really want to have an adversarial
> relationship with them
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Josh Luthman
> > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 8:40 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Momentum Telcom?
> > >
> > > Do you have a link to the Facebook posts/original source of these
> posts?
> > >
> > > Josh Luthman
> > > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
> > > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > > 1100 Wayne St
> > > Suite 1337
> > > Troy, OH 45373
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:34 AM CBB - Jay Fuller <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The local electric coop who is building a fiber network "to connect
> their substations" and will serve anyone they pass has been offline now for
> two days.  Their provider is apparently this company.
> > >>
> > >> Any back story or inside info?
> > >>
> > >> from their facebook -
> > >>
> > >> 8/9/2021 - 8/10/2021
> > >> 6:00 AM Update:
> > >> Overnight communications with our carrier have yielded no results.
> Unfortunately, we still do not have an ETA on when the outage will be
> resolved. Please know our board, management, and Sprout team find this is
> as unacceptable as you do and this is not how we treat our subscribers. We
> will make this right. We will ensure this type of issue does not occur
> again.
> > >> __________________
> > >> 8:00 PM Update:
> > >> Guys, we are so very sorry for this outage! The information we've
> received so far is that the carrier has their engineers testing the
> connection and the only explanation is "difficulties at the core." It's not
> good news as we still have not been giving a cause, location or ETA. We
> will continue to work with the carrier until the issue is resolved and all
> of our subscribers are back online. We know everyone's patience, including
> ours, is wearing thin due to the lack of information and resolution. We
> will pass along any new information as it becomes available.
> > >> _________________
> > >> 4:30 PM Update:
> > >> We have sent an email communication to all of our subscribers with
> additional information, including the notice that a bill credit will be
> issued for this outage. Please check the email associated with your Sprout
> Account. Unfortunately, the short answer is we still do not have an ETA of
> when service will be restored and we still do not know the cause. The issue
> is in the connection from Atlanta via an internet carrier to us. There is
> no damage or cause on our side of the connection.
> > >> __________________
> > >> 1:30 PM Update:
> > >> We do not have an estimated time for service restoration. We are
> communicating with our service provider, and as soon as we hear any new
> information from them, we will let you know.
> > >> __________________
> > >> We are experiencing an internet outage from our provider that is
> impacting all of our subscribers. We are getting more information and will
> report updates here.
> > >>
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