Mower damages fiber optic cables, knocking out phone and internet services in Door County

DOOR COUNTY - Phone and internet services were knocked out Tuesday afternoon in Door County after fiber optic cables were damaged.

Mike Hogan, senior director of communications for Charter Communications (which owns and operates Spectrum), said in an email to the Advocate that a commercial mower from another entity damaged the lines while working in a secured area, resulting in the outages for Spectrum customers.

The Door County Daily News reported that Frontier Communications and U.S. Cellular customers were also affected, starting around 1:30 p.m.

As of Tuesday night, Frontier and U.S. Cellular had not yet replied to the Advocate for information on the outages.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Mower damages cables, knocking out phone, internet in Door County