InfoWorld published a news story on the recent network blackout in the northeastern of the United States

Cogent Communications said Thursday that a cable cut that occurred near Cleveland on Sunday night was caused by a saw, not by gunshot as first thought, but technicians struggling to replace the cut cable used a replacement cable that had been shot. Cogent was one of several operators affected through Monday evening when two-thirds of a mile of cable was cut between Cleveland and the tiny town of Montville, Ohio.

Cogent: Cable was attacked with saw and gun