Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California

Verizon customers across Southern California were experiencing service outages Sunday after multiple fiber lines were vandalized, the company said. The damage was affecting some wireless and internet customers in Los Angeles and other parts of the region, according to a Verizon spokesperson.

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Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California

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