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2010/09/02
For more information contact:
DeAnne Boegli
TDS Telecommunications Corp.
deanne.boegli@tdstelecom.com
608-664-4428/ 608-225-2472
Service has been temporarily restored to TDS customers who recently experienced an Internet and long distance outage in Maine. At approximately 3:15 p.m. Wed., Sept. 1, 2010, TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) Network Management Operations Center reported an outage in North Anson and Hampden, Maine. Network engineers began their investigation immediately and isolated the problem late Wednesday.
Currently, equipment is in route to the site from the vendor; members of the TDS team will begin the installation as soon as it arrives. In the meantime, TDS has rerouted traffic, but customers should expect Internet slowness and reduced or intermittent long distance call quality until the final fix is in place later today.
Approximately 3,200 customers experienced an Internet outage, as well as, the inability to make outbound, out-of-state long distance calls during the outage. The communities impacted included: North Anson, Hampden, Corinna, and Hartland. Local calling, intra-state long distance and 911 services are fully operational and were not impacted.
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TDS Telecommunications Corp. markets communication services to business and residential customers in 30 states through its brands TDS Telecom® and TDS Metrocom®. With 1.1 million access line equivalents in service, TDS Telecommunications Corp. connects customers to phone, broadband, and digital television service in hundreds of rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities. TDS Telecommunications Corp. is the eighth-largest wire line company in the nation; employing approximately 2,500 people. The company is headquartered in Madison, Wis. Visit www.tdstelecom.com and www.tdsbusiness.com for more information.
TDS Telecommunications Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS, TDS.S] Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a Fortune 500® company, provides wireless, local and long-distance telephone and broadband services to nearly 7.3 million customers in 36 states through TDS Telecommunications Corp. and U.S. Cellular® [NYSE: USM], its 82-percent owned wireless subsidiary. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employed 12,300 employees as of March 31, 2010. Visit www.teldta.com for more information.
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