Oakland 911 System Restored, Investigation Underway After Police Find Cut Cables
Police say copper theft and cut fiber lines knocked Oakland’s 911 system offline for more than 24 hours before crews restored service.
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Oakland 911 system restored, investigation underway after police find cut cables
By Tim Fang 911 service in Oakland has been fully restored after police said copper wire theft and damaged fiber optic lines led to an outage that began Wednesday night and continued for over 24 hours. Around 8:30 a.m. Friday, the city said all phone service to all city systems is back online, after crews
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Oakland’s 911 system is back on schedule, after the re-establishment of the city’s telephone service this Friday morning. The entire emergency dispatch system for police and firefighters stopped operating on Wednesday around 8:30 p.m., after someone damaged AT&T fiber optic cables, reportedly during a copper wire theft. City technology teams worked with AT&T to reactivate the computer system and internet access on Thursday night; however, teleph…
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