BOISE — Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that stretched from New York to California and may have affected Clark County’s 911 service.
The outage began early in the day and continued into the evening. CenturyLink’s network was “still experiencing a disruption,” but the telecommunications company was working to restore services, Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said in a statement.
The statement provided no other details, including the cause of the problem and how many customers were affected. In Clark County, officials said 911 was down and told people to dial 360-693-3111, call 311 or text 911 in the event of an emergency. It wasn’t immediately clear if the trouble was related to the CenturyLink outage.
OregonOEM✔@OregonOEM
.@OregonOEM is aware of this outage; it is not a 9-1-1 outage, it is a phone service outage. Anyone in the state with Centurylink (or other providers that use their service) may not be able to make calls. #OregonEM
CenturyLink✔@CenturyLink
The CenturyLink network is still experiencing a disruption affecting customer services. The CenturyLink technical teams will continue to work around the clock until services are restored.
