Fiber optic lines in NEW YORK and NORTH CAROLINA do not just magically get cut at the same time taking out a good portion of the public Internet.

Do they really think we're this stupid?

>Philadelphia-based Comcast, one of the dominant telecom companies in the U.S. with more than 29 million business and residential customers, said the lines damaged are owned by CenturyLink Inc. and Zayo Group Holdings Inc.

>A spokeswoman for CenturyLink issued a statement saying CenturyLink’s network was working normally, though the company had “experienced two isolated fiber cuts in North Carolina affecting some customers that in and of itself did not cause the issues experienced by other providers.” The spokeswoman didn’t comment further.

>A spokesman for Zayo said the company experienced a fiber cut in the New York area but all services had been since restored.

>Cuts to two fiber lines caused a widespread system failure at cable giant Comcast Corp. on Friday that knocked out cable, internet and phone services around the country.

https:// www.wsj.com/articles/comcast-blames-widespread-service-outage-on-cut-fiber-line-1530308633