Arrest made after phone and internet lines cut to at least 18 Guelph businesses [Video]

A Guelph man has been charged after phone and internet cables for at least 18 Guelph businesses were cut last week.

Last Wednesday, at least 13 businesses on Wyndam Street North reported their external wires had been damaged. Guelph Police investigators believe the lines were cut around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“We came in Wednesday morning and there was no phone and internet,” said Chris Ahlers, co-owner of Wyndham Art Supplies, which is located on Wyndham Street North. “We had no internet and no telephone for three days. We do a lot of phone calls, a lot of online sales. It was a challenge.”

On Friday morning, five more business owners in the Quebec Street and Norfolk Street area said their lines had been cut overnight as well.

“Eighteen [businesses] that we’re aware of in the downtown,” said Scott Tracey, spokesperson for the Guelph Police Service.

Investigators suspect there are more …