Staff Report:

Initial response to calls into both Los Alamos County and the police department indicate that the cause of the internet and cell phone outage that plagued the townsite Sunday was caused by a cut to a fiber optic cable north of Santa Fe. 

The County said that this cable feeds the T-Moble and Verizon towers.

The cable was cut sometime overnight Saturday into Sunday but by whom and under what circumstances remains unclear.

More information will be reported on this as quickly as details become available.