Sean Williams <0004715238@mcimail.com> (06/27/91)
Off the newswire...
CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE REPORTS SERVICE DISRUPTION IN MIDATLANTIC
PHILADELPHIA (15:29 Wed JUNE 26) PR NEWSWIRE - Local telephone service
provided by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies in
Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and parts of West Virginia have
been disrupted.
A service failure in Baltimore, apparently during modifications to the
signal control system, is the apparent cause. Local service has been
disrupted since 11:40 a.m. today.
Inbound long-distance calling to these areas does not appear to be
affected. Outbound long-distance calling from these areas is
partially affected. 911 Emergency service may be affected in some
areas. Bell Atlantic cellular service is also partially affected.
Restoration of service is underway. It is requested that calls in and
out of affected areas be restricted to emergency calls only.
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[Note: I was just watching TV 45's news at 10, and they reported that
service has been mostly restored. They also noted that seven million
customers were affected during the outage. TV 45 said that calls
within one exchange were able to be completed, but calls between two
exchanges could not be. (They showed a reporter dialing a number
serviced by a different exchange via a speakerphone, and he received a
reorder tone.) Technicians will be working throughout the night to
get service back to normal.]
Sean E. Williams | seanwilliams@mcimail.com
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