Outage in MIT IS&T

Boston FSILG network outages

Resolved Minor

January 30, 2026 - Started 8 days ago - Lasted 3 days
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Incident Report

The network is down in several Boston FSILG locations. This is due to a cut fiber optic cable in Boston. The fiber vendor is currently working on restoring the circuits. At this time we do not have an ETA on the repair but IS&T will continue to monitor and update as the situation progresses. Affected Houses CP, DTD, ET, ND, PIKA, PKT, PLP, XF, ZBT

Components affected

MIT IS&T Network

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED 5 days ago - at 02/02/2026 08:05PM

Network has been restored to PIKA, the last FSILG experiencing the fiber optic outage. At this time all MIT FSILG locations are back online.

MONITORING 5 days ago - at 02/02/2026 04:45PM

Our fiber optic vendor has made repairs to the damaged cable and all listed FSILGs are back online with the exception of PIKA. We are currently troubleshooting connectivity to that location.

INVESTIGATING 8 days ago - at 01/30/2026 08:36PM

The network is down in several Boston FSILG locations. This is due to a cut fiber optic cable in Boston. The fiber vendor is currently working on restoring the circuits.

At this time we do not have an ETA on the repair but IS&T will continue to monitor and update as the situation progresses.

Affected Houses

CP, DTD, ET, ND, PIKA, PKT, PLP, XF, ZBT

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