For the second time in a week, several towns in the Sierra de Cádiz have been affected by a prolonged outage in internet and telephone services. From 1:00 PM on Monday until eleven in the morning on Tuesday, municipalities such as Ubrique, Benaocaz, Grazalema, Villaluenga, and El Bosque remained without connection, impacting most providers, including Movistar and its partners.
This interruption has had significant repercussions on fundamental services, from access to medical records and pharmacies to banking operations and the functioning of businesses. The situation is particularly critical in Ubrique, which serves as a central hub for many municipalities in the Sierra.
“"The curious thing is that the Sierra de Grazalema has very good coverage, despite everything. But something like this happens, and you can't do anything."
The mayor of Grazalema stated that the cause of the outage, according to information provided by Movistar, is a cable break in the same road section between Prado del Rey and Ubrique that caused a similar fault the previous week. However, the Andalusian Telecommunications Association, in statements to Radio Ubrique, suggested that acts of vandalism could be the cause.
The fault even affected a municipal plenary session in the Grazalema Town Hall, scheduled for Tuesday morning for the drawing of electoral tables for May 17. The session was able to proceed thanks to a mobile phone's internet connection. Given the recurrence of these incidents, municipal administrations urge those affected to file complaints with their companies to document the service deficiencies.
