Brooklyn, NY – Contractors working on a massive construction project near the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Downtown headquarters slashed phone and Internet cables, sending the organization, and other tenants inside the Elm Place property, back to the slow old days.
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“We’re at a standstill,” said Carl Hum, the always-connected president of the Chamber, whose offices are part of a building that stretches to Fulton Street, where construction is underway on a three-floor dormitory for Long Island University.
Verizon, the communications giant that provides phone and Internet service to the building, confirmed the mess.
“The construction company has purposefully and knowing cut our cables and put our customers out of service,” said spokesman John Bonomo.
“We have a plan in place to restore their service with new cabling and terminal boxes, but this is a fairly extensive job,” he added, saying he is unable to give a time frame when the work would be completed.
Management company J.W. Mays is overseeing the work, and did not return a call for comment by our light-speed deadline.
“We haven’t seen anything this egregious in years,” said a member, who requested anonymity. “This is a very important institution that can’t make a phone call.”
Full article at The Brooklyn Paper
I wish they would come here and cut my cables. I can use a break and spend some time with the family like to good old days.
big deal, what happened? how long do u think it will take to fix? a day or 2!!! nothing happened!! why is everybody so hysterical??
I guess no one at the Chamber owns cell phones or PDAs.
I am convinced that no one even noticed.