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    WHY IS THE INTERNET STILL OUT FOR SOME IN FLORIDA?

    Sep 29, 2017 3 minutes

    The power’s back on in Florida. So why is the internet still out for some people, more than two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck?

    When power fails, so do home and business internet connections. When Hurricane Irma hit Florida on Sept. 10, 6.7 million customers lost electricity, or nearly two-thirds of the state. Nine days later, all but 1 percent of the state — 100,000 — had the power back on.

    With internet service, it’s less clear where things

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