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Canadian town left without internet, mobile services after beaver chews through cable – ABC News
A beaver is being blamed for leaving hundreds without internet and mobile services, after it gnawed through a crucial fibre cable and used the remnants to build…
It’s been dubbed a “uniquely Canadian turn of events”.
About 900 residents of Tumbler Ridge, a small community in the foothills of the British Columbia Rockies, were left without internet over the weekend after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable.
Internet provider Telus said it appeared the beaver was digging underground alongside a creek when it came across the cables, which were buried about 1 metre deep and protected by an 11-centimetre conduit.
Upon further inspection and in what…
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