Area-Wide Comcast Outage, East Gude Closed Near 355

Internet, TV, and phone service is still out for thousands of residents throughout the Montgomery County area after a large fiber line was cut this morning.  Affected areas include portions of Rockville, Silver Spring, Burtonsville, and Olney.

Several Montgomery County public schools are affected:

• Argyle Middle School
• Earl B Wood Middle School
• Rock Creek Valley Elementary
• Lucy V Barnsley Elementary School

Other impacted sites include:

• Avery Road Combined Care, Addiction Services, Rockville
• Montgomery County Public School Lincoln Center, Rockville
• Family Discovery Center, Rockville
• Bauer Community Center, Rockville

East Gude Dr. at Route 355 near Crabbs Branch Way is closed in both directions as Comcast crews work to repair the broken 300+ strand fiber line.

According to reports, a vehicle struck a utility pole off East Gude Dr. and damaged the network lines.

Comcast says all service should be completed by 5:00 am on Wednesday, October 16.

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