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Re:T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across... by zamadatix on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:55PM (#23532857)
Depending what is causing the outage 911 may still function. Or it may not. Just spreading to not assume 911 is unavailable because normal calls don't work/your plan expired/whatever else is going on as 911 gets a few special technical perks that make it available more often than normal calls.
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Re:T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across... by jaywalk on Monday June 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#23533269)
Exactly right. 911 calls are handled differently at almost every step of the process, starting with the handset and carrying all the way through to the 911 call center.
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Re:T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across... by dtmmax33 on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:11PM (#23534157)
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/06/15/cell-carr...

911 in Central Florida is having issues.

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