Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California
3 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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The brief
"Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NBC Los Angeles, Yahoo and KTLA. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Why is "Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California" trending?
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Coverage (5)
- Vandalized fiber lines cause Verizon service outage for thousands of Southern California customers ABC7 Los Angeles · 11h ago
- Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California KTLA · 11h ago
- Fiber cuts from vandalism leads to disruption in Verizon service for SoCal customers NBC Los Angeles · 11h ago
- Criminal cause of mass Verizon outage that infuriated thousands across SoCal revealed Yahoo · 11h ago
- Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California KTLA · 11h ago
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