Some 800 customers of the V.I. Telephone Corp. on St. Croix went without phone service for the second day Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Vitelco President Samuel Ebbesen said about 800 phone customers in Estates Carlton, Whim and Two Williams were affected by a problem with a cable. Ebbesen blamed the trouble on Hurricane Lenny, which hit the territory on Nov. 17, and recent rains on St. Croix.
Vitelco spokeswoman Katrina Comissiong said the company hoped to have service restored by the end of Wednesday.
"We expect to complete repairs on that particular cable by this evening," she said.
