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Charter cable television out in entire state of Georgia
Sept. 01, 2013 | self

Posted on 09/01/2013 2:28:50 PM PDT by citizen

My Charter Communications cable television went out about 3 hours ago. I know, boohoo you say :) I agree but I was interested in the FedEx Cup golf I had DVRed. It went black and I soon discovered the entire cable feed was off.

I called Charter and the rep asked do I live in Georgia. Yes, I reply. He says there is a big problem and it's out for the entire state of Georgia. No estimate to get it back on but "repair crews had been dispatched." groan....

I searched bing, google and the local news site but no news article about the outage was found.


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Idle speculation: There have been plenty of instances of hacker mischief happening lately. Could this cable TV incident be a target of opportunity? Infrastructure is infrastructure and sooner or later the terrorists, foreign nationals or homegrown hackers might manage to disrupt something that matters. Power, water, banking, communications....

I know....I should get the Dish, right?

1 posted on 09/01/2013 2:28:50 PM PDT by citizen
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They good people of Georgia are being deprived of this this gal on CNN who is shouting at John Kerry live.


2 posted on 09/01/2013 2:30:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: citizen

Call 911.


3 posted on 09/01/2013 2:30:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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http://downdetector.com/status/charter-communications


4 posted on 09/01/2013 2:31:32 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Lucky me!!


5 posted on 09/01/2013 2:32:12 PM PDT by citizen (There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
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squirrels


6 posted on 09/01/2013 2:33:31 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: Doogle

Wow, that’s interesting. There’s a huge spike at about 3 PM.


7 posted on 09/01/2013 2:33:42 PM PDT by citizen (There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
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How about the EBT cards and the Obama phones??


8 posted on 09/01/2013 2:34:59 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: citizen
Squirrel Power
9 posted on 09/01/2013 2:35:15 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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there ya go


10 posted on 09/01/2013 2:36:01 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Interestingly enough, our power flickered at 3pm this afternoon.

We live 2 states to the west.


11 posted on 09/01/2013 2:36:33 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: citizen; Admin Moderator

Wouldn’t you know it? A few minutes after I post, the cable comes back on! I posted out of boredom and to get some talk going about hacker mischief, etc.

Admin Mod: Since the incident has been resolved, pull this thread if you think that’s best.


12 posted on 09/01/2013 2:37:15 PM PDT by citizen (There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
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If you live in the Atlanta area. Sign up for Aereo tv. It is $8 a month and i get all the local channels with dvr


13 posted on 09/01/2013 2:37:47 PM PDT by Dacula
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are u sure you weren’t watching OStupid play golf?


14 posted on 09/01/2013 2:37:58 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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My Internet through my cable (Cox) has been intermittent and glitchy for about 5 days now.

I don’t know whether it is the local office having trouble or Cox in general or a problem with the overall Internet. Someone posted a comment in a thread a couple of days ago that the US Internet was being hit from foreign hackers.


15 posted on 09/01/2013 2:37:59 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: vbmoneyspender

muslim squirrels

16 posted on 09/01/2013 2:39:36 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Check this site: Charter Communications Down Detector
17 posted on 09/01/2013 2:41:20 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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Do you know who she was and what CNN show she was on? I will have to look on line for a replay. Anyone putting John F’N Kerry down is of interest to me!


18 posted on 09/01/2013 2:42:15 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Poor squirrel - probably got promised 72 acorns in paradise.


19 posted on 09/01/2013 2:42:47 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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Call 911.

Because that's what the Obama low-information voters would do ....

20 posted on 09/01/2013 2:43:08 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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