Time Warner Cable left users nationwide without internet for hours this morning after an issue occurred during routine maintenance, causing angry customers to turn to Twitter.
Time Warner customers did not have any internet access from 4:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. this morning, reports The Associated Press.
The exact cause of the problem that affected 80 percent of subscribers, according to The Washington Post, is still under investigation.
Other major telecom providers have also slipped up recently, causing major internet outages, though most of them were not entirely nationwide. Most recently was AT&T's outage earlier this year in April, hitting all the major cities across the country.
Although Time Warner's issue was with the internet service, people still managed to get online to sign into Twitter to complain about the service:
Love waking up to no internet and on the news talks about #timewarnercable having issues. Ughhhh… https://t.co/CUJipLhKFw
— Anja (@LoveLiveCreate_) August 27, 2014
Using my personal Verizon phone to report that the TimeWarnerCable internet and phones we use at work are out. — Erica Dahl (@ericadahlphd) August 27, 2014
@TWC SUCKS! Time Warner Cable says Internet service largely restored after unusual nationwide outage this morning. https://t.co/Y0eeAorc02
— Mark Ludden (@Markyjani) August 27, 2014
Thanks @TWC for fucking up my morning #timewarnercable #crimewarner — Eddie Clarke (@EddieClarke28) August 27, 2014
One does not simply have a national outage. I'm looking at you @TWC
— Robb Pell (@RobbPell) August 27, 2014
Anyone else affected by that #TimeWarnerCable outage this morning? My internet was down for 7 hrs. — MidwestGuru (@MidwestGuru) August 27, 2014