BROWSING: 911 outage

Verizon Wireless indicated cell, 911 service restored this afternoon after storm, fiber cut; landline services still impacted Violent storms appear to have caused wireless network outages along parts of the Eastern seaboard, with most of the damage centered on southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The...

FCC has gained ground in text-to-911 and improving location accuracy for vital public safety system WASHINGTON – The 911 system is responsible for providing emergency dispatch for 300 million people. If it goes down for even a few hours, as happened in April 2014, millions...

Cause of North Carolina 911 outage traced to IP address issue The cause of a North Carolina 911 outage has been revealed. Iredell County in North Carolina was without 911 service for about 90 minutes on April 7 due to an IP address issue. According...