{"id":162293,"date":"2025-09-26T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162293\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:11:08","slug":"dallas-hit-by-widespread-spectrum-internet-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162293\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas hit by widespread Spectrum internet outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A massive internet outage hit thousands of customers Friday across Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Nearly 25,000 customers of internet provider Spectrum reported losing service Friday afternoon in North and Central Texas, according to tracking site <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/spectrum\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/spectrum\/\">DownDetector<\/a>. In addition to Dallas, the hardest-hit cities included Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin and San Antonio, according to the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Spectrum acknowledged the outage on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ask_Spectrum\/status\/1971651914283851975\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ask_Spectrum\/status\/1971651914283851975\">X<\/a> but did not say what caused it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cSpectrum Customers, we are aware of an interruption of services in parts of Central and North Texas,\u201d the company wrote. \u201cWe are working to restore services as quickly as possible and appreciate your patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Some customers received text messages from Spectrum, which estimated restoration by 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Spectrum is one of the nation\u2019s largest internet providers with more than 31 million customers in 41 states across the country.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spectrum Customers, we are aware of an interruption of services in parts of Central and North Texas. We are working to restore services as quickly as possible and appreciate your patience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ask Spectrum (@Ask_Spectrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ask_Spectrum\/status\/1971651914283851975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive internet outage hit thousands of customers Friday across Dallas. 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