wlfi.com

Local

  • Local
    • May 2013's Very Important Pets
    • The long slog of moving a bridge
    • Painting rain barrels to save the river
    • Plane misses runway, wrecks at airport
    • Southside home lost to flames
    • May 2013 Mugshots
  • US & World
    • A week of top AP photos
    • Germann Road Wildfire
    • One World Trade Center topped
    • A week of top AP photos
    • Women missing for decade found alive
    • A week of top AP photos
  • Politics
    • Holder's Congressional grilling
    • DC Download: Heated Benghazi hearings
    • On the A-List: Bush's Library Dedication
    • Ladies First: White House garden planted
    • Company You Keep - March 2013
    • FLOTUS, Bo deliver Easter surprise
  • Entertainment
    • Red Carpet Style | Cannes 2013
    • Red Carpet Style | Star Trek
    • Red Carpet Style | The Great Gatsby
    • Big, bold Kentucky Derby hats
    • Red Carpet Style | Arrested Development
    • Red Carpet Style | Iron Man 3
  • Lifestyle
    • 10 Gifts for the New Mom
    • 10 gadgets of highly successful people
    • Make IT: DIY All-Natural Egg Dyes
    • Big 10 Delicious Dips and Dunkers
    • Make It: Simple crocheted scarf
    • Make It: DIY T-shirt Yarn
  • Animals
    • Famous TV pets and animals
    • Westminster Dog Show 2013
    • Time to count the critters
    • Baby elephant raised by human mom
    • Dogs and cats in costume
    • TLC for penguins in South Africa
  • Sports
    • The 2013 NFL Draft
    • NFL draft: 10 things to watch for
    • Teams honor Boston explosion victims
    • The 2013 Masters
    • The 2012 Olympics: Must-See Photos
    • 2013 MLB Opening Day
  • Weather
    • Aerial photos of Oklahoma tornado damage
    • Oklahoma City area ravaged by tornado
    • Tornadoes hammer South, Midwest
    • Deadly tornadoes strike Texas
    • Coaster in the ocean demolished
    • Superstorm Sandy: 6 months later

Cuts to cables and communication

Crews accidentally cut fiber optic cables and copper wire Friday, Oct. 5, making a big mess for Frontier Communications, and leaving thousands without phones or Internet.
The scene at Yeager Road and Cumberland Avenue in West Lafayette is messy this week. Crews working on the roundabout pulled out roughly 200 feet of fiber optic cable, knocking out thousands of residents\' communication.
Back 1 of 23 Back

A mess of cables and wire

The scene at Yeager Road and Cumberland Avenue in West Lafayette is messy this week. Crews working on the roundabout pulled out roughly 200 feet of fiber optic cable, knocking out thousands of residents' communication.

Credit: WLFI Videographer Kyle Bloyd

Related: Small copper wire causing big problems

More Local Galleries

  •  
    Painting rain barrels to save the river
  •  
    Before I die, I want to...
  •  
    Veterans fly with honor
Back 1 of 23 Back
Subscribe Email Twitter Facebook
All content © Copyright 2000 – 2013 Primeland, Inc., a subsidiary of LIN Television Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Server:70.32.98.128