July 31, 2014 – Earthquake breaks link to phone, internet 

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Southeast Alaska at about 3 a.m., July 25, cut Alaska Power and Telephone cell phone and Internet service in Haines, as well as ACS cell phone service, for nearly a day.

The break in service also affected some AT&T customers in Southeast.

The problems were attributed to a break in an underwater fiber optic cable near Juneau maintained by…