The Fayette County Sheriff's Office says they've had their fiber connection cut four times since June, and outages can last up to 11 hours at a time.
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office says they've had their fiber connection cut four times since June, and outages can last up to 11 hours at a time.FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas — Leaders in Fayette County say fiber lines have been cut multiple times, impacting some peoples' phone service for hours at a time. says they get thousands of 911 calls each month that they haven’t been able to directly take on several occasions.
“They answer 911 calls and relay it back to us by cell phone, and that's how we communicate and then we dispatch it out,” he said. “There’s not really no time lost.” “That's not a problem for us, but businesses are knocked out and it affects them tremendously,” Noviskie said.
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