Fiber cut disrupted phone service – Pixs

Update… Early Wednesday evening…

Jamestown (CSi) CenturyLink officials report that a fiber optic cable cut Wednesday morning had been repaired and all service restored by earlier Wednesday evening.

CSiNewsNow.com photos by Thomas Ravely

The cut that occurred four and half miles south of Jamestown had limited access for some Dakota Central customers to outside services such as long distance. It had also cut 911 service in LaMoure and Dickey counties it did not however affect Stutsman County 911 service.

Century Link says, the cable cut occurred during a boring operation by a third-party company doing work on a water line at 11:30 a.m. and was repaired at 5:09 p.m.

Previously…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Area telephone  customers are being advised, by a Century Link representative,  that a fiber optic cable was cut Wednesday afternoon  4 miles south of Jamestown.

An email notice from  Dickey County Emergency Manager, Charlie Russell,states that 911 service is down in parts of Dickey and LaMoure counties.

Stutsman County assistant emergency manager,  Sarah Van De Velde, says the cut in the fiber optic cable has not affected 911 service in Stutsman County.

Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative  (DCT) announced the cut has affected some long distance and local calls made between its customers and Century Link customers.

No timeline was given as to when phone service would be restored.