CenturyLink fire knocks out data services

RANGELY I A horse barn in Bailey, Colo., that caught fire Friday burned CenturyLink fiber optic lines along the property’s easement and caused outages to more than 17,000 residents across Colorado, public relations manager Randy Krause said Monday.
Rangely residents were among those who lost high-speed Internet and data services around 10:30 a.m. Businesses across town were required to resort to “cash only” purchases as transaction systems lost connectivity.
Although the outage disrupted business and…