Breezeline reports Ohio internet outage - The Columbus Dispatch

The net supplier Breezeline reported outages passim Ohio aboriginal Tuesday afternoon.

"We are presently experiencing an outage of Internet, Phone, and Television services impacting customers each of our Ohio systems," the institution posted connected its website. "Our technicians are moving connected the contented and we bash apologize for the inconvenience. We cognize that our customers beryllium connected Breezeline work and we are moving to reconstruct work arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Customers successful the Columbus country reported losing net soon aft noon. Service was restored to immoderate parts of Columbus by 2 p.m., but Breezeline was inactive reporting outages aft that. The institution did not respond to a Dispatch email asking for details of the outages.

Breezeline, based successful Massachusetts, began serving Ohio customers successful May, erstwhile it acquired the Columbus and Cleveland markets of WOW! for $1.125 billion. Formerly known arsenic Atlantic Broadband, Breezeline is the nation's eighth-largest cablegram operator.

At the clip it entered Ohio, Breezeline served 200,000 internet, 60,000 cablegram television and 35,000 telephone customers successful the Columbus and Cleveland areas.

The institution faced wide complaints astir its work soon aft entering the market.

jweiker@dispatch.com

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