{"id":5333,"date":"2009-07-01T20:19:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T00:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2020-12-06T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T15:38:23","slug":"cell-phone-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/07\/01\/cell-phone-troubles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phone troubles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/tFWseal.jpg\" alt=\"City of Fort Wayne Seal\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Apparently, there was an equipment failure in the Indiana Fiber Network&#8217;s 911 system for cellular calls earlier this evening.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Don&#8217;t fret, the equipment has been replaced and everything is back up and running. \u00c2\u00a0Press release from the City, sent at 5:15 pm:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Cell phone callers to temporarily use different number for 911 emergencies<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Landlines unaffected, will update when service is restored<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Ind. &#8211; People using cellular phones to reach the City of Fort Wayne or Allen County Communications&#8217; 911 service need to use an alternate number until further notice. Landlines are unaffected by this outage.<\/p>\n<p>For cell phone users only, they should call 427-1222 to reach the City or 449-3000 to reach the County. The problem is expected to be resolved later this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Indigital Telecom identified an equipment failure in the Indiana Fiber Network&#8217;s 911 system for cellular calls and is working to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Media will be updated when service is restored.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then at 6:45 pm, a second press release was received:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>City&#8217;s 911 service restored for cell phones<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Equipment repaired, landlines unaffected during outage<\/em><\/p>\n<p>911 emergency service has been restored for cell phone users in the City of Fort Wayne and Allen County.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today an equipment failure in Indigital Telecom&#8217;s Indiana Fiber Network prevented 911 calls from cell phones from going through. The equipment was repaired and service has been restored. Cell phone users needed to use an alternate 7-digit number to reach the City or County&#8217;s emergency communications center.<\/p>\n<p>Landlines were unaffected during this outage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, there was an equipment failure in the Indiana Fiber Network&#8217;s 911 system for cellular calls earlier this evening. 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