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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by imgabe on Monday December 28, 2020 @09:54PM (#25566224)
Is the phone company liable if there's an emergency and the phone system is down?
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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by onecommentman on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:18AM (#25567275)
Yes it is

Earlier this week, the FCC Fined CenturyLink $400,000 and West Safety Communications $175,000 for a multi-state 911 outage that occurred in August 2018. To resolve the dispute, both companies also entered into a Compliance Plan.

https://www.beyondtelecomlawblog.com/fcc-fines-companies-for...

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