Problems Mount for Customers of GAW Miners Linked ISP
Customers of GAW High Speed Internet, the ISP linked to now-defunct cryptocurrency mining company GAW Miners, are reportedly experiencing broad service outages. As reported by regional news service VTDigger, users in the Brattleboro area of Vermont have lost access to email accounts, and GAW HSI staff are reportedly unresponsive to complaints. The news comes months after services outages in Massachusetts occurred, during which phone access for small business customers of GAW HSI was cut off. Service was later restored for some of those affected customers. GAW HSI owes Vermont $18,018 in....
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