Bell, Telus phone use down in tools of Atlantic region

Widespread landline and cellphone outages have strike Atlantic Canada, slicing off some users from 911 use and impacting police and paramedics in a region. 

Bell Aliant says internet service might also be affected. It is investigating and operative to revive service. 

“Our teams are operative to reinstate use as shortly as possible,” pronounced Nathan Gibson, a spokesperson for Bell Canada, a primogenitor association of Bell Aliant. 

• Phone use outages reported opposite Newfoundland and Labrador

Users of Telus, Virgin and Koodo, that share dungeon towers with Bell, also seem to be affected.

We’re now questioning a network emanate inspiring mobility business in a East. Sorry for a interruption, we’ll keep we posted!

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@TELUSsupport

A spokesperson for a Nova Scotia government’s Emergency Management Office says 911 use itself is not being impacted, though people whose phones are down might not be means to call.

Nova Scotia’s Emergency Health Services has systematic all ambulances and on-duty crews to lapse to their stations and guard their tablets for puncture calls.

2/2 We need all on-duty crews to immediately lapse to your station. Monitor your tablets from a hire for calls. #EHSOutageAug417

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@EHS_NS

Halifax Regional Police contend they don’t have use and are perplexing to consider a border of a problem. Cape Breton Regional Police contend they are regulating a backup radio complement to communicate. 

In Prince Edward Island, RCMP are advising people to use landlines to hit them. 

• Bell, Telus phone use down in P.E.I., elsewhere in Atlantic region

1/2 If u are perplexing to call military during a dungeon outage plse call regulating a land line. We r in offices opposite a island land lines work.

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@RCMPPEI

911 is still operative though a best approach to strech it right now is a land line.

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@nsemo

***URGENT*** MAJOR PHONE PROBLEM IN METRO – SOME LANDLINES/MOBILE NOT ABLE TO CALL 911 OR OUR NON-EMERG’S + “NO SERVICE” ON MOBILE PHONES

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@RNC_PoliceNL

A mobile complement outage is inspiring some phone conduit use in the area – if we need to hit 911 we need to find a landline.

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@OromoctoFD

Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bell-telus-phone-service-atlantic-provinces-1.4235224?cmp=rss