"Outage"
Washington: Four Failures Led to Outage
May 29, 2013It was failure upon failure, four times over, that shut down Spokane County’s 911 system for nearly a half-hour in November.
Read full articleEmergency Call System Back Online
December 3, 2012Spokane County’s 911 system was placed back in regular operation Thursday afternoon.
Read full articleSandy Takes Out 25% of Cell Towers
October 31, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy knocked out a quarter of the cell towers in an area spreading across 10 states, and the situation could get worse, federal regulators said Tuesday. The landline phone network has held up better in the affected area, which stretches from Virginia to Massachusetts, the FCC said, but about a quarter of cable customers are also without service.
Read full articleLoss of 9-1-1 Service Raises Questions
August 2, 2012Warren County, Ohio, was left without 911 service for more than 14 hours in the wake of a catastrophic windstorm in late June and officials are still trying to determine why.
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