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What recently caused a 20-hour Internet outage in northern New Mexico?
Answer: a beaver
July 02, 2013 •
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Contractors dispatched to fix the outage
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that a beaver had chewed through a cable, leading to the outage. About 1,800 Internet users were affected by the beaver’s deeds.
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