Spectrum Outage Reported In LA, OC, Riverside Counties

VENICE, CA — Spectrum Internet customers in parts of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties are reporting widespread outages.

People started sharing about the outage on social media at 6:40 p.m.

Spectrum confirmed the internet outage affecting thousands of customers on the West and East coasts, plus parts of the South.

"Spectrum is investigating thousands of customers' reports of a widespread internet outage in parts of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties," the company says. "Our engineers are working to get this corrected for you as quickly as possible. We don't have an estimated restoration time."

There have been scattered reports of service being restored in some communities, but service is still out for many others.

We are aware of an outage affecting multiple service areas and thank you for your patience as we investigate.
— Ask Spectrum (@Ask_Spectrum) July 30, 2020

Calls to Spectrum's information number are deferred with a message that they are too overwhelmed to answer at this time.

Seems like all of Spectrum is having an outage, including their website and phone support?
— John Lagomarsino (@johlag) July 30, 2020

Spectrum outage... Lol. Smh. I was in the middle of gaming!
— Jesus Suarez (@TheSecularTaco) July 30, 2020

@Ask_Spectrum Hey! Do you have an outage across LA right now? I haven’t been able to get online in an hour or so.
— Alex DiFabio (@AlexDifabio) July 30, 2020

Anyone else with Spectrum internet experiencing an outage? Nothing’s working!!
— Piya Sinha-Roy (@PiyaSRoy) July 30, 2020

every spectrum customer in LA right now #spectrumoutage pic.twitter.com/aWaRbdNYwI
— Marcus Goldman (@marcu5goldman) July 30, 2020

This is a developing story. Check back with Patch for more information.

- City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.

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