Boise, Idaho • Some CenturyLink customers across the country were without the internet as outages stretched from New York to California.
The company said on Twitter Thursday that its network was "experiencing a disruption" and that it was working to quickly restore services. It provided no other details, including how many customers were affected. CenturyLink didn't respond to a request for comment.
Jessica Rosenworcel, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, said via Twitter that this was a "nationwide outage" and her agency needed to investigate.
It appeared that most of the trouble was in the West.
CenturyLink spokeswoman Linda Johnson declined to comment on the scope and duration of the outage in Utah, repeating the company’s earlier statement on Twitter.
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski tweeted Thursday afternoon that the city government was “experiencing issues” with their phone and internet services because of the nationwide outage.
Utah state courts spokesman Geoffrey Fattah also tweeted that the courts systems had “sporadic outages” on Thursday.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the internet problems led to the temporary shutdown of phone services at the Idaho Department of Correction and the state's Department of Education.
There were reports of ATM machines not working in Idaho and Montana.
