{"id":257287,"date":"2025-09-26T23:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257287\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:37:17","slug":"spectrum-internet-outage-in-dallas-caused-by-stray-bullet-spokesperson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257287\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectrum internet outage in Dallas caused by stray bullet, spokesperson says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>DALLAS<\/strong> &#8211; Several Spectrum internet users in North Texas were knocked offline on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>   Spectrum Outage Texas <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2226446908.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/spectrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DownDetector<\/a>, thousands of people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dallas<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fort Worth<\/a> trying to use Charter&#8217;s Spectrum internet began reporting issues around 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The service was nearly entirely restored by 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">A Spectrum spokesperson told FOX 4 the outage occurred after a fiber optic cable was damaged by a stray bullet.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">It is not clear where the damaged cable was located.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Our teams worked quickly to make the necessary repairs and get customers back online. We apologize for the inconvenience,&#8221; a Spectrum spokesperson told FOX 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article comes from DownDetector.com and a Spectrum spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Several Spectrum internet users in North Texas were knocked offline on Friday. 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