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Article: Phone Service, 911 Knocked Out in SoCal
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- October 18, 2005
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IAN GREGOR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-18-2005
Dateline: LONG BEACH, Calif.
An equipment problem knocked out long-distance telephone service and parts of the 911 system for tens of thousands of residential and business customers in several Southern California cities Tuesday, officials said.
The problem began around 2:20 a.m. at Verizon Communications Inc.'s central office in Long Beach, Verizon spokesman Bill Kula said. Service was out in cities including Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Artesia, Downey, Bellflower and Westminster, he said.
Local calls were possible but long distance service was interrupted, he said.
"There is some, but not widespread, 911 service ...