RSSSquirrels Blamed for Verizon 9-1-1 Outage (10/10/14)
Friday, October 10, 2014 | Comments
Verizon Wireless customers in upstate New York reported experiencing 9-1-1 outages Thursday morning, according to several local news reports.
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Affected counties included Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Washington, Warren and Saratoga. Service was restored by Thursday afternoon. Customers who were impacted by the outage received a recorded message when they tried to dial 9-1-1.
A Verizon Wireless spokesman told timesunion.com that it appears squirrels or some other type of animal chewed through an above-ground fiber cable, causing the outage.
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