Vodafone outage caused by robbery
Print storyCable theft floors wireless network
Posted in Mobile, 23rd October 2006 13:47 GMT
Whitepaper - What is the best data center energy storage for you?
Cable stealing thieves were responsible for a network outage that left some Vodafone UK customers without service for most of yesterday.
A spokeswoman was unable to explain what the cables were for, but confirmed that the theft in north Wales caused the network downtime for most of Sunday.
She said: "There was a robbery of some cabling in north Wales and that caused parts of the network to go down. The Midlands, parts of the north-west and south-east, and north Wales were affected."
Several Reg readers emailed us to complain about the problem. Vodafone is working with local police who are investigating the theft.
Normal service was restored overnight. ®
Free whitepaper: Calculating total power requirements for data centers
Ten cooling solutions to support high-density server deployment [WP42]
The Business Case for Virtualization
HP and VMware take the cost and complexity out of IT
Distribute the workload for greater efficiency and power
Rethink virtualization in business terms
101 uses for a former merchant banker
The Year in Operating Systems: No battle of big ideas
Photography: Yes, you have rights
Enormous HP box spotted from space