Oct 28: PG&E Outages Leave Thousands Without Internet, Phone Service [telecom]

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Most of the outages were in Southern California, with a dozen cell sites down in Orange County and two dozen in San Diego. None were reported out in Los Angeles County, where the Tick Fire is burning.

By Mallory Moench

(TNS) - Nearly 11,500 customers in California were out of service - cut off from telephone, television or Internet access - as of Friday morning during the outages and wildfires crippling the state, companies reported to the Federal Communications Commission.

In the Bay Area, seven cell sites were down in Sonoma County, where the Kincade Fire has raged since Wednesday night, due to loss of power. Four were out in San Mateo due to damage or issues with the network that routes communication.