A “criminal act of vandalism” on Spectrum fiber optic lines over the weekend led to a service outage in parts of L.A. on Sunday, but the company says that service has now been fully restored.
“Early this morning our fiber optic lines were intentionally cut in Los Angeles due to vandalism,” the internet and cable provider said in a statement on Sunday. The statement did not specify how many customers were affected by the outage, only disclosing that it affected “some residents and businesses.”
The fiber lines were cut in multiple places in Van Nuys.
In another statement issued to KTLA, a spokesperson confirmed that services were restored on Monday morning.
“We brought in extra crews to get the repairs done as quickly as possible and finished restoring services this morning,” the spokesperson said. “We thank our customers who were affected for their patients, and we are providing them a full day of credit.”
The company is offering a $25,000 reward for any person who provides credible information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of any individual or individuals involved in theft or vandalism of the Spectrum network.
Spectrum also added that “criminal acts of network vandalism” have become increasingly common within the entire telecommunications industry, mostly because of the price increase for precious metals. That said, Spectrum officials say their fiber lines do not have copper, which is what most metal thieves are after.
