Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number
by oneplane on Monday June 24, 2019 @05:54PM
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There are a number of numbers (there is a pun in there somewhere), but most people never use them or bother to look them up. At the same time, a good chunk of the phone network in general was down, so knowing the alternate numbers doesn't do you much good if you can't call at all.
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Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number
by dontbenebby on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:51PM
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Ah sorry to hear that.
Often in America a "911 outage" is really just an outage with the forwarding, but you could call a specific department.
The problem is in some places there is no city/county system.
Ex: in the suburbs of some cities you'll hit 3 townships in 3 miles, and knowing who to call is not easy even for long time residents.