Spectrum believes cable-cutters were looking for copper and — though they found none — they severed fiber-optic cables, causing a widespread internet outage.

Subscribers in Southern California of Spectrum’s Internet service experienced outages over the weekend following what company officials said was an attempted theft of copper lines located in Van ...

No, it's not just you: Hundreds of Austinites are without phone, TV or internet service amid an ongoing Spectrum service outage on Tuesday, May 13. Online database Down Detector revealed it began ...

Jun 15, 2025 Updated Jun 15, 2025 0 Internet and cable provider Spectrum has reported outages in Los Angeles are “caused by a criminal act of vandalism,” according to a company post on X.

More than 25,000 Spectrum users in the Los Angeles area reported issues on DownDetector.com, which tracks outages. Users self-report to DownDetector, so it may not represent the full scale of outages.

But the outage was not universal or as long-lasting for some. At 4:57 p.m. Sunday, @Ladybugzz21 posted that her internet in the San Fernando Valley was working.