Land-Line Telephone Outage Affects Eastern Dane County

July 24, 2008
J. McLellan 267-2542
Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/24/08 Issuing Department: Emergency Management For more information contact: J. McLellan, Dept. of Emergency Management 608/267-2542 Restricted Telephone Service Reference #072408-#1 Available at: www.co.dane.wi.us Land-Line Telephone Outage Affects Eastern Dane County Dane County has become aware of problems with Verizon’s land-line telephone network. This means that Verizon land-line telephone customers with exchanges of 839-, 764-, and 423- are unable to call telephone numbers outside of their local area. This includes, but is not limited to, the areas of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and Cambridge. Dane County has taken steps to ensure Verizon land-line customers with exchanges 839-, 764-, and 423- are able to reach 9-1-1. Questions regarding telephone service should be directed to Verizon. ###