Colfax ‘lost in space’ after fiber cut

Colfax residents and businesses were disconnected from rest of the world Friday and Saturday when internet and telephone services went down. Century Link reported Saturday the shutdown was caused by a cut fiber line near Colfax.

Long distance callers and internet users discovered around 9:30 a.m. Friday that service was knocked out. Full service was not restored until about 6 p.m. Saturday according to the Century Link report.

The cut knocked out service to an estimated 300 telephone customers and 1,760 Internet customers.

Among services knocked out was the 911 emergency call number. Calls to...