In 2016 there was a phenomenon in Venezuela of stealing the cables that brought the internet to homes. The telephone company that was the one that distributed the service was quite affected by the loss of this material since there were many meters of cables that had to be replaced to the users. I remember that at that time many people (or all) benefited from the games and Internet pages for economic support for the home. It was a real chaos to be left without internet and without communication.
So you can imagine what it was like for an entire community to be left without service. The total caos.