Sprint outage in Hawaii

[skarni]

Both our phones have lost signal. Now more than 12 hours. We are in Kona HI. Anyone else having signal problems.
News says 95% fixed.

 

[kate]

News article about the outage:

Sprint confirms Hawaii outage affecting some customers | More Local News - KITV Home

Select towers from Makaha through Hawaii Kai were down since 1 p.m. and that is affecting its 3G CDMA network.

 

[Rxpert83]

Aren't you guys supposed to be surfing anyway?

When your finally up and running, give customer service a call and make sure they know you were affected and for how long

They usually credit your account

 

[skarni]

Turns out there is a break in the fiber optic cable somewhere in Kailua-Kona.
Fiber optic issue cuts communications in Kailua-Kona