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| ‘Uniquely Canadian’: Beavers temporarily cut off remote town from the outside world by chewing through fiber optic cable | ‘Uniquely Canadian’: Beavers temporarily cut off remote town from the outside world by chewing through fiber optic cable |
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| A small, remote town in British Columbia, Canada was practically plunged into the dark ages this past weekend, after a marauding mob of beavers gnawed their way through fiber optic cables supplying phone, TV and internet. | A small, remote town in British Columbia, Canada was practically plunged into the dark ages this past weekend, after a marauding mob of beavers gnawed their way through fiber optic cables supplying phone, TV and internet. |
| Some 900 customers in the Tumbler Ridge community in northeastern British Columbia were largely cut off from the outside world for a period of 36 hours as Telecoms workers scrambled to identify the source of the outage. | Some 900 customers in the Tumbler Ridge community in northeastern British Columbia were largely cut off from the outside world for a period of 36 hours as Telecoms workers scrambled to identify the source of the outage. |
| Their investigations led them to a local beaver dam, conspicuously crowned with the orange protective tape which normally surrounds underground fiber optic cables. | Their investigations led them to a local beaver dam, conspicuously crowned with the orange protective tape which normally surrounds underground fiber optic cables. |
| In their rush for some home improvements, the beavers simultaneously disrupted local cell phone and cable TV service from provider Telus. | In their rush for some home improvements, the beavers simultaneously disrupted local cell phone and cable TV service from provider Telus. |
| “Beavers have chewed through our fibre cable at multiple points, causing extensive damage,” said Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé. | “Beavers have chewed through our fibre cable at multiple points, causing extensive damage,” said Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé. |
| Sauvé added that “the beavers dug underground alongside the creek to reach our cable, which is buried about three feet underground and protected by a 4.5-inch thick conduit.” | Sauvé added that “the beavers dug underground alongside the creek to reach our cable, which is buried about three feet underground and protected by a 4.5-inch thick conduit.” |
| The inconsiderate eager beavers chewed through the conduit before severing the critical cable in multiple locations in the early hours of Saturday morning, ruining many residents’ weekends in the process. | The inconsiderate eager beavers chewed through the conduit before severing the critical cable in multiple locations in the early hours of Saturday morning, ruining many residents’ weekends in the process. |
| Several clever residents who were out of town during the Beaver insurrection put their heads together and rediscovered an ancient technology known as a “landline” telephone to spread news the “old fashioned way.” | Several clever residents who were out of town during the Beaver insurrection put their heads together and rediscovered an ancient technology known as a “landline” telephone to spread news the “old fashioned way.” |
| Telus engineers and work crews battled “challenging conditions” and worked “around the clock” to restore service just before 6:30pm ET on Sunday. | Telus engineers and work crews battled “challenging conditions” and worked “around the clock” to restore service just before 6:30pm ET on Sunday. |
| Telus apologized for the disruption to service but acknowledged the “very unusual and uniquely Canadian turn of events.” | Telus apologized for the disruption to service but acknowledged the “very unusual and uniquely Canadian turn of events.” |
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