An MTS crew works on a fibre installation in Steinbach

A severed telephone cable left about 100 homes without phone and internet communication in Steinbach Thursday afternoon.  MTS Allstream Communications Specialist Gillian Potvin says it happened around 12pm.  "Landline and high speed internet service was interrupted in an area in and around Woodlawn School.  (A crew) was installing fibre and the interruption resulted as crews were doing that work."

She notes this is not a regular occurrence.  "It's one of those rare situations and our goal is to get service up and running as quickly as we can."  Repairs were made by early evening.