Sabotage suspected in Silicon Valley fiber outage

10.04.2009

Service is also affected in South San Jose around Monterey Road and Bailey Avenue.

ATM machines may also be affected.

Police say they believe the line was deliberately cut, as were several other cables in the area.

Why would someone sabotage a vital telecommunications link? The Merc alludes to a union contract with AT&T that expired last weekend, but no formal accusations have been made.