{"id":185868,"date":"2025-10-08T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:31:07","slug":"major-internet-outage-in-tiree-after-damage-to-subsea-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185868\/","title":{"rendered":"Major internet outage in Tiree after damage to subsea cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Openreach said the problem was discovered after power was restored to the island following Storm Amy, which caused huge disruption across Scotland last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cFollowing widespread power outages across the Hebrides, caused by Storm Amy, we&#8217;ve identified some damage to our subsea cable between Tiree and Tobermory,\u201d a spokesperson for the company told The National.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/comment\/25518102.storm-amy-hit-every-network-failed-analogue-lifeline-must-stay\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">When Storm Amy hit, every network failed. Analogue lifeline must stay<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThis became apparent once power was restored and means homes on Tiree are currently without broadband.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Engineers are due to arrive on the first ferry to the island on Thursday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They will install a temporary connection while permanent repairs are planned.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIn the meantime, we appreciate the patience and understanding of everyone affected,\u201d the company added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Storm Amy brought strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Scotland earlier this week, leaving thousands without power and disrupting ferry services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Openreach said the problem was discovered after power was restored to the island following Storm Amy, which caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-185868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}