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By J.M. BROWN, San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2009
SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz County woke up to a rude reminder Thursday of just how reliant society has become on the Internet, cell phones and even less modern technology, like hard phone lines.
A large portion of the South Bay and adjacent coastal region -- including most of Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties -- were transformed into a virtual black hole after vandals severed fiber optic cables underground. Authorities did not immediately identify suspects in the overnight vandalism, but AT&T announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.
Hundreds of thousands of AT&T, Verizon, Nextel and Sprint customers with land lines, cell phones and Internet service were affected.
Reminiscent of the hours after an earthquake, widespread communications interruptions baffled emergency service providers, businesses and residents as cell phone chatter, Web surfing, ATM, credit card and other electronic data sharing came to a screeching halt overnight.
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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