Beaufort school district temporarily loses Internet

A piece of severed fiber in Savannah caused a districtwide Internet outage at Beaufort County schools between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, according to Ross Hendricks, the district's technology service officer.

Hargray Communications is the district's service provider, and the fiber was cut by accident at a company connection facility in Savannah, according to Hendricks.

Hargray said the outage was confined to the school district and that telephones remained functional.

Hendricks said the outage was a "rare occurrence."

"I've been here a little more than a year, and this was my first time," he said. "Speaking with folks who have been here longer, they say it doesn't happen often."

This story was originally published October 31, 2013 at 8:15 PM with the headline "Beaufort school district temporarily loses Internet."