More Information On Internet Cut

By 250 News

Prince George -  More information has come to light in the cutting of a fiber optic cable that resulted in the loss of internet services to over 13,000 customers on the Shaw Cable system yesterday.

According to our information, someone waded through the snow to a building near Sintich trailer park that was formerly occupied by CJCI’S transmitter.

The fiber optic line that was cut, passes by the transmitter building and then heads down the hill to the BC Rail area and from there into the city. That line is about 30 feet above the ground and it is not known how the culprit was able to pull the cable down.  There was a loop in the cable and the culprit may have somehow been able to hook onto it.

The cable that was cut was one of the main cables running into the city and the result was that the service was cut to Shaw and to a number of Bell customers. The main Telus line also runs along that section of poles but it was not tampered with.  

Steve Sintich ,who owns the property where the building is located, said who ever committed the act had walked in across a gulley and to the building. He added this is not the first time that the building has been broken into with a view to stealing copper.

It took some time before the area where the break took place was found, with the result that the person who cut the line had long since left the scene.

The investigation continues.

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