DETROIT – AT&T announced Wednesday that some wireless customers were having trouble making calls to 911.
"Aware of issue affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers," AT&T tweeted. "Working to resolve ASAP. We apologize to those affected."
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Aware of issue affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers. Working to resolve ASAP. We apologize to those affected.
— AT&T (@ATT) March 9, 2017
The issue appears to have been resolved.
"Issue has been resolved that affected some calls to 911 from wireless customers," the company tweeted at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. "We apologize to those who were affected."
Issue has been resolved that affected some calls to 911 from wireless customers. We apologize to those who were affected.
— AT&T (@ATT) March 9, 2017
From the Associated Press:
"Various law enforcement and government agencies in Texas and other states around the U.S. are reporting that AT&T customers are unable to call 911 from their cellphones.
"A spokesman for Dallas-based AT&T said Wednesday evening the company is aware of service issues affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers.
"The spokesman could not immediately provide more details on how many states have been affected by the outage or when the problem would be fixed.
"In Texas, agencies in Corpus Christi, Fort Worth and other cities are providing alternate numbers for people to call if they have an emergency.
"Agencies in Florida, Tennessee and Washington, D.C, have also sent out tweets saying they've been affected by the outage and are providing different numbers to call."
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