911 calls restored after outage across Maritime provinces
Phone lines, including 911 calls, were down in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Police in all three provinces have confirmed that phone lines have been restored and 911 is functioning normally. government, said Bell Aliant experienced technical difficulties that caused the outage, disrupting the 911 infrastructure, which is based in Fredericton. Both the New Brunswick RCMP and the Halifax Regional Police requested emergency alerts be sent out to warn people that 911 calls were disrupted this morning. Bell Aliant's back-up system did not come onlineMeanwhile, Bell Aliant experienced a network outage that impacted wireless and landline services throughout the Maritimes.
Source: CBC News July 22, 2020 13:34 UTC
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