Sprint Says 911 Service in Washington, DC, Area Fully Restored
Sprint said its cellular 911 service was back to normal in the Washington, D.C., area after being degraded Tuesday by a fire and power outages near a company switching site (see 1608160060). "All Sprint service has now been fully restored,…
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including 911 service which was restored late yesterday. The safety and security of our customers is a top priority and we apologize to our customers," emailed a spokeswoman Wednesday morning. "The impact was across regions encompassing the DC metro area. And the impact to wireless/cellular service was with 911 calls only. Specifically, some callers might have received a busy signal if they called 911."