My neighbour and I took a ride around our area on the advice of another neighbor regarding the cause of our communications outage…which is still sporatically on going .

We found the “spot” which was “ground zero” for this “interuption of all our Bell Canada services.

It was on a remote sideroad

We have a very thick cable that runs all through our township hung on polls like hydro wires but much thicker

When we came upon the site the cable was down on the ground and there was a Bell Canada Repair guy and his truck parked there

He told us that at 11:30 PM friday night someone took a ladder and went up a pole and cut the line…then went to the next pole and did the same

Securing about 100 feet of cable ( worth a couple hunderd bucks for the copper content )

He has temprarily reconnected the line with a much smaller wire and they have to order another piece and eventually splice it in

Only some of the residences have landline and internet and cellular signnals restored ( so far I am one of the lucky ones )

It could take a week or more to fix it permanently

Meanwhile now that the line is down on the ground in that spot they are concerned that the perpetrators will come back for another round !

he said this is now happening more frequently

Of course there are fibre optic lines being laid undeground in many areas but our relatlvely sparse location is way down the list apparerently

I just secured the last Starlink Kit in our local Best Buy…$500 plus tax

Going to get it installed asap and it can also be used for the phone

sheesh