{"id":80856,"date":"2025-10-17T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/80856\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:55:14","slug":"broadband-restored-in-beaminster-four-days-after-car-crash-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/80856\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadband restored in Beaminster four days after car crash outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ros TappendenSouth of England<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760609827_62_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/db3b1e80-aa6c-11f0-bb1a-bf07c7ad3691.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Councillor Craig Monks A burnt out white Range Rover in the dark with red and white tape around it\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/>Councillor Craig Monks<\/p>\n<p>The burnt-out car was removed by Dorset Council contractors on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Broadband has been restored to a town more than four days after a car crash knocked out services to about 1,000 customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Homes and businesses in Beaminster, Dorset, lost their internet service on Sunday when a car crashed into a telegraph pole and burst into flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Openreach said engineers worked through the night to restore services, describing the repairs as &#8220;complex&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The company said they would remain in the area and urged anyone still experiencing issues to contact their service provider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">An Openreach spokesperson said: &#8220;Our engineers worked through the night to reconnect the damaged cables and restore service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;The repair was complex, but it&#8217;s exactly the kind of challenge our teams are trained for &#8211; they worked quickly and safely to get the job done. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Customers affected by this week&#8217;s disruption should now be reconnected to the network and back in service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;We&#8217;re grateful for everyone&#8217;s patience and understanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;If anyone is still experiencing issues, please contact your service provider as soon as possible &#8211; our engineers remain in the area and are ready to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760609827_62_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/e243f620-aa6c-11f0-bb1a-bf07c7ad3691.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Councillor Craig Monks A burnt telegraph pole learning at 45 degrees surrounded by scorched bushes and scorched soil.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/>Councillor Craig Monks<\/p>\n<p>Engineers replaced the pole on Thursday morning<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The road between Beaminster and the A356 was closed due to the fire in White Sheet Hill at about 22:45 BST on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Dorset Police said it was still trying to locate the driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Dorset Council arranged for the burnt-out vehicle to be removed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The outage also knocked out phone lines, affecting schools, a GP surgery, businesses and people working from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Dorset councillor for Beaminster, Craig Monks, said: &#8220;We will need to ask questions on how this was allowed to happen and how resilient our connection is. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;The internet is vital to residents and businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Openreach said it reviewed all incidents to see if lessons could be learned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ros TappendenSouth of England Councillor Craig Monks The burnt-out car was removed by Dorset Council contractors on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[85,123,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-80856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-internet","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}