Cut fiber in Okatie causes Hargray outage

A cut fiber in Okatie has caused a Hargray Communications serviceoutage in Beaufort and Jasper counties, according a companyrepresentative.

Parts of Beaufort, Bluffton, Hardeeville and Okatie are affected,Hargray marketing director Eddie Andrews said.

Service was restored by 10 p.m. Wednesday, he said.

The underground fiber was severed by a construction crew working onS.C. 170, outside the back gate of Sun City-Hilton Head. He declinedto say what company was responsible.

"As a professional courtesy we want to make sure we have all the factsbefore we talk about that," Andrews said.

We will update this story when more information is available.

This story was originally published November 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM with the headline "Cut fiber in Okatie causes Hargray outage."