The internet was out across the NWT today. Andrew Anderson is the Director of Communications at Northwestel. “Just prior to 10 a.m. the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Northern B.C. experienced an outage to telecommunications services due to a cut to a fibre line in Northern BC,” Anderson said. “A technical…
RCMP are investigating the latest Internet and cable TV outage in the NWT as a probable act of vandalism. Mounties state in a news release that the fibre optic line between Yellowknife and Behchoko was somehow severed about 9:00 am Monday, affecting service in several communities including Yellowknife. They refused…
Northwestel says a damaged fibre line leading Yellowknife is to blame for what it calls a major disruption of telecommunications services, including Internet connection, to the city and surrounding areas last night. Northwestel states in an email that its technicians responded immediately and performed temporary repairs. Service is now restored….