What’s the longest internet outage you’ve ever experienced?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on June 05, 2016
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“Maybe 2 1/2 hours. It seemed like that, at least.”
— Ryan Lee, between jobs, Lawrence
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“An hour.”
— Scott Rowe, teacher, Lawrence
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“Way back in the day, it went out for probably 24 hours.”
— Melissa Lumpkin, chaplain, Lawrence
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“Seven or eight days. It was up in Washington when we all lost power.”
— Raena White, stay-at-home mom, Minneapolis, Kan.
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“See more: KU still tallying total cost of massive internet fiber cut, weighing options for preventing a repeat outage”
— Related story, June 5, 2016, LJWorld.com