(KAIR)--One day following the nationwide AT&T cellphone outage, Atchison-area customers of the company's internet found themselves without service Friday.

Following an inquiry from MSC News, the company released the following statement:

We are working as quickly as possible to restore wireline service to customers in the Atchison area after a third-party damaged our fiber line. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

As of 3:00 Friday afternoon, at the time of the release, the repair work was continuing.