Service returns after vandalism leaves Calgary neighbourhoods without TV, internet or home phone service

A second outage in nearly as many weeks left roughly 5,000 cablecustomers without TV, internetor home phone services for several hours on Tuesday.

Rogers Communications spokesperson Cam Gordon said in a statement that the outage, first posted at 5:20 a.m., wastheresult of a "fibre cut caused by vandalism and suspected theft of copper wire."

In an update shortly before 5 p.m.,the company said all services werefully restored.

The company apologized for the interruption. It noted that outages due to vandalism can also take three to fourtimes longer to repair than others due to the extent of damage and associated repairs.

Earlier this month,another incidentleft around 15,000 Rogers/Shaw customers without service.Rogers completed its purchase of Shaw Communicationslast year.

The communities affected by the outage includedBalmoral,Brentwood,Bridgeland - Riverside,Capitol Hill,Charleswood,Collingwood,Crescent Heights,Hillhurst,Mayfair,Mountview,MountPleasant,North Haven,Renfrew,Rosemont,SunnysideandTuxedo Park.