AT&T Outage Knocks Out 911 Service in PG County Wednesday Night

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — An AT&T outage resulted in nationwide disruptions to 911 service Wednesday night, including in PG County, where anyone having an emergency over a two-hour period had to call an alternate number to get through to dispatchers.

PG County police first tweeted that there was a problem with 911 service at around 10:30 p.m., although reports indicate the problems started much earlier.

Police urged anyone having an emergency to call 301-352-1243.

At around 10:30 p.m., AT&T indicated that the problem had been fixed. PG County confirmed this at around 11 p.m.

"We apologize to those who were affected," the company tweeted.

Nationwide AT&T outage now affecting Prince George's County 9-1-1: Residents w/AT&T DIAL 301-352-1243 for emergency assistance.
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) March 9, 2017

Service restored for AT&T customers. Residents who use AT&T may resume using 911 for emergency assistance.
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) March 9, 2017

Issue has been resolved that affected some calls to 911 from wireless customers. We apologize to those who were affected.
— AT&T (@ATT) March 9, 2017

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