Sprint (S) users across the United States were hit with a major voice and data network outage on Monday that has affected major markets such as San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis and others. Sprint has officially confirmed the outage to 9to5Mac and says that the outage occurred on Monday morning when an “accidental dual fibercut” took out service in several markets. The company says that its engineers are “working aggressively to resolve this issue and we hope to have service restored soon.”
Sprint blames major network outage on ‘accidental dual fibercut’
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:38PM EST
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
