You'd think it was the end of the world. But to many Denver area residents, the Comcast outage on Monday night was indeed debilitating.
Beginning around 4 p.m. on Monday, the majority of Comcast customers in the Denver metro area experienced an outage, cutting service to phone, internet, and cable.This afternoon there was a fiber cut in Denver area as a result of construction excavation work...As a result, some Comcast customers in Denver are experiencing phone, internet, and cable outage. We are sorry for the inconvenience, and we have crews currently working to repair the fiber cut and restore service as quickly as we can.” - Comcast Spokeswoman, Leslie OliverWithout access to cable or internet, Comcast customers twiddled their thumbs. Unable to finish their work days, to watch Monday Night Football, surf the web on their laptops, or even watch Netflix.
It was unclear exactly where the fiber was cut or how many customers were affected, though the big red blob on Downdetector.com covered most of the metro area, indicating that service was cut to the majority of Comcast customers. Finally, around 11:30 p.m., Comcast tweeted that service had been restored ...
Though, as of Tuesday morning, many customers were still reporting outages, and an area map from Downdetector.com showed the same:
We make a lot of millennial-based jokes, but we know that an internet outage can throw a serious wrench in our modern internet-dependent lives.
So, here's what we want to know: Was your service out? Is it STILL out? How did you choose to fill your evening sans technology and connection to the outside world? Weigh in below!
