Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

Beaver Island experiences a TDS Internet outage and restoration, November 2012

Also Beaver Island TDS Internet outage November 2012

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Dates2012-11-27 – 2012-11-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2012-11-27 – 2012-11-28
Kind
Service outage
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communicationinfrastructuretechnology
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Residents reported that Beaver Island DSL service failed on November 27, 2012, with TDS support attributing the problem to a down DSL access system. A forum post the next day reported that Internet service had returned.

Evidence limits

This record is based on subscriber reports and quoted support-chat information. It does not establish the exact outage boundary, cause, or provider repair log.

Sources

  1. Residents reported island DSL service down from approximately 10:12 a.m. on November 27; users quoted TDS support as saying a DSL access system was down, and the next-day post said service had returned. These are subscriber reports and a quoted support update, not a provider incident report or complete island-wide measurement.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005797

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island experiences a TDS Internet outage and restoration, November 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-internet-outage-november-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “No Internet” and “Internet is back up!”, November 27–28, 2012..

Last revised 2026-08-08. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island experiences a TDS Internet outage and restoration, November 2012”RIS for “Beaver Island experiences a TDS Internet outage and restoration, November 2012”