Time Warner Cable said it has restored Internet, digital phone and TV services to about 350,000 homes and businesses in northern New England that had lost connection Wednesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.

Spokeswoman Lara Pritchard said service was restored around 6:10 p.m. EST, about three and a half hours after flooding and debris affected fiber-optic cable lines throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

The company had been providing services on a backup network after damage to its main lines.

Wednesday was the first time customers actually saw service cut off.