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Widespread Phone Outage in Central and Southwest Virginia
There is apparently a wide spread outage in Virginia and NC affecting CenturyLink customers.
I've seen multiple tweets advising how to contact 911 and other agencies. Nothing on CenturyLink social media.
I've only seen one news story so far:
https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/911-outages-call-issues-reported-in-multiple-localities-in-southwest-central-virginia/
911 outages, call issues reported in multiple localities in southwest, central Virginia
Local News
by: Colleen Guerry
Posted: Jul 22, 2021 / 10:18 AM EDT / Updated: Jul 22, 2021 / 11:55 AM EDT
(WFXR) — At least seven counties and three cities in southwest and central Virginia are reporting outages or call issues with their 911 lines Thursday.
Rockbridge County Fire-Rescue and Emergency Management says this appears to be part of a multi-state 911 outage and is asking community members to call (540) 572-4200 or text 911 in case of an emergency. This also impacts the 911 systems in Lexington and Buena Vista.
In Buena Vista, the city’s phone system is also down, so if you need immediate assistance, you are asked to email dwheeler@bvcity.org.
Our landline has a dial tone but calls don't connect. Cell calls to landlines aren't going through. Cell to cell worked for me.
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