OUTAGE: gopher eats fiber

[Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>]

Today's fiber cut --- In USWEST territory a gopher chewed through a
fiber cable near Portales, New Mexico.  Service to 6,000 customers
including long distance, 9-1-1 and two airports was disrupted.  Airport
service has been restored.
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
  Affiliation given for identification not representation