Phone network failures in Cal. and Mont. left thousands of AT&T a...
Phone network failures in Cal. and Mont. left thousands of AT&T and Qwest customers without service Sat. and Sun. In Cal., a landslide Sat. severed a major trunk and cut off AT&T dial tone for 6 coastal communities in…
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San Mateo County. The towns of Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Pescadero, Princeton Harbor and La Honda were affected. The failure cut off local, toll and 911 service. San Mateo sheriff’s deputies were stationed at a number of prominent locations so people cut off from 911 could still find assistance. Service went out Sat. evening but was restored Sun. afternoon. A power failure in an equipment vault in Lewiston, Mont., knocked out interexchange service and 911 access for about 4,000 customers of Qwest and Mid-Rivers Telecom in the Lewiston area. Local calls could be completed and local 7- digit emergency numbers still worked, but 911 was routed along the same interexchange trunks affected by the power failure. Service was lost for about 3 hours Sun. afternoon.