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BRIEF: Severed phone cable in Washougal may be repaired todayDec 18, 2010 (The Columbian - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A contractor inadvertently cut a major phone cable Friday in Washougal, creating a widespread service outage that could last until this afternoon. The cable was cut by a contractor working near 17th and E streets, according to Frontier Communications, the local phone service provider. Between 700 and 900 phone numbers beginning with 335- and 835- were affected. According to the company, emergency 911 service was not interrupted, nor were customers who have fiber-optic FiOS telephone, internet and cable TV services. Frontier recently bought the traditional phone service business that for many years had been provided to Washougal by Verizon Communications. To see more of The Columbian, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.columbian.com. Copyright (c) 2010, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. |