Some Internet service provided by Qwest was out for less than hour late Wednesday morning around the Twin Cities, hitting businesses and some residential customers, the company said.
The outage began about 10:30 a.m., affecting large and small users that rely on fiber-optic service, said Joanna Hjelmeland, a local Qwest spokeswoman. The company was looking into the cause, she added.
Among those affected were Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune offices at the State Capitol and in Burnsville. As MPR's Kerri Miller started giving out the pledge website address on the air, someone told her "the web is down," which she repeated aloud and then gave out the pledge phone number.
PAUL WALSH
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Business
Business
Indian tycoon Adani hit by more losses, calls for probe
Trading in shares in troubled Adani Enterprises gyrated Friday as the flagship company of India's second-largest conglomerate tumbled 30% and then rebounded after more than a week of heavy losses that have cost it tens of billions of dollars in market value.
Business
Global shares trade mixed ahead of US jobs report
Global shares were trading mixed Friday ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report that may affect global interest rates.
Business
1st phase of Mexican solar project to be operating in April
Mexico was pushed to accelerate its turn toward renewable energy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year drove a sharp increase in global energy costs, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said late Thursday.
Business
China, Hong Kong scrap cross-border travel quota, COVID test
Travel between Hong Kong and China will no longer require COVID-19 PCR tests nor be held to a daily limit, authorities announced Friday, as both places seek to drive economic growth.
Business
January may have delivered lower, if still solid, job growth
The American economy has an unusual problem: The job market looks too strong — at least to the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve.