Internet connections were briefly down across the country for Spectrum customers

• Internet connection for Spectrum customers was down across the country, affecting users from Southern California to New York.
• The outage began at around 7:00 p.m. PST.

Internet connection for Spectrum customers was briefly down across the country and affecting users from Southern California to New York.

The outage began at around 7:00 p.m. PST and was briefly back online for a few minutes before going out again.

"We are aware of an outage affecting multiple service areas and thank you for your patience as we investigate," the company said on Twitter.

The service tracker Downdetector reported nearly 60,000 cases outages in states like New York, California, Ohio, Florida, and South Carolina.

Spectrum is a broadband company within the Charter Communications line. Charter Communications provides broadband services to over 29 million people in 41 states.

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