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A friend’s phone has been non-functional for hours now. With the size of the T-Mobile user base, this outage almost certainly has already had real human costs i
by krustyburger 6y ago
A friend’s phone has been non-functional for hours now. With the size of the T-Mobile user base, this outage almost certainly has already had real human costs in the form of an inability to summon emergency services.
- zamadatix 6y agoDepending what is causing the outage 911 may still function. Or it may not. Just spreading to not assume 911 is unavailable because normal calls don't work/your plan expired/whatever else is going on as 911 gets a few special technical perks that make it available more often than normal calls.
- jaywalk 6y agoExactly right. 911 calls are handled differently at almost every step of the process, starting with the handset and carrying all the way through to the 911 call center.
- dtmmax33 6y agohttps://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/06/15/cell-carrier-outages-impacting-911-system-in-several-areas-in-central-florida/ https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/06/15/cell-carr... 911 in Central Florida is having issues.
- e79 6y agoPriority access services like 911 are handled very differently. For example, I can’t place any normal outbound calls with my T-Mobile sim, but calling 311 in NYC works fine.