There are major internet disruptions in Midcoast and central Maine with a widespread outage being reported by local provider Tidewater Telecom.

Almost two dozen towns have been affected in what the provider describes as a partial outage.

Tidewater first reported the outage just after 10 am Monday and said a fix is being implemented.

Towns affected by the internet outage range from Bowdoinham to Rockland to Waldoboro.

The company described the disruption as a widespread outage, but did not identify the cause.

The Tidewater status page list the following towns as having a partial outage:

Alna
Appleton
Bangor
Bath
Belfast
Bothbay/Boothbay Harbor
Bowdoinham
Bremen
Bristol/Bristol Mills
Camden
Damariscotta
Hope
Jefferson
Lincolnville
Lincolnville Beach
Newcastle
New Harbor
Nobleboro
North Union
Pemaquid
Richmond
Rockland
Searsmont
Sheepscot
South Bristol
South Hope
Union
Waldoboro
Walpole