Fiber cut causes long Northeast outages for Time Warner Cable, Cox

• Time Warner Cable (TWC) has dealt with hours of service outages in the Northeast, and Cox Communications is too, thanks to "multiple fiber cuts" by a service provider.
• The problems are affecting some of the most populous areas served by two of the country's biggest cable providers.
• Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ:LVLT) said it was experiencing problems due to "a fiber cut caused by third-party construction." The company partners with TWC and Cox, among others.
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