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Stray Bullet Disrupts Service for 25,000 Texas Customers

10/3/2025

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Story summary

A stray bullet damaged a fiber optic cable, triggering an outage for about 25,000 Spectrum customers in North and Central Texas, including Dallas, Irving, and Austin.
Repair teams responded quickly and restored most services within three hours.
The incident follows 2022 outages in Oakland, California caused by gunfire, and underscores the risk of overhead lines.

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Story summary

A stray bullet damaged a fiber optic cable, triggering an outage for about 25,000 Spectrum customers in North and Central Texas, including Dallas, Irving, and Austin.
Repair teams responded quickly and restored most services within three hours.
The incident follows 2022 outages in Oakland, California caused by gunfire, and underscores the risk of overhead lines.