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Washington state official wants $11.5M fine for 911 outage
2016-01-07 20:41:51| Telecom - Topix.net
Washington state's attorney general says he wants a telecommunications company to pay the maximum fine_$11.5 million_for an outage that left the state without 911 service for six hours. State officials say Louisiana-based CenturyLink was slow to recognize the problem, which came to light after 911 operators became concerned about an unusually low number of calls.
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