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Verizon Outage Repaired; Service Restored
Power failure at switching facility caused earlier outage
Updated 7:49 p.m.
Verizon is reporting that the outage has been fixed and all customers should have their service restored as of 6:30 p.m.
Find out what's happening in Limerick-Royersford-Spring Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Earlier story:
Customers in Spring City may be experiencing outages on their Verizon phone and internet services this afternoon due to a power failure at a Verizon facility in Wayne.
Find out what's happening in Limerick-Royersford-Spring Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Verizon Media Relations Manager Lee Gierczynski told Patch that it was "likely Spring City was affected."
"We had a power-related issue at a switching facility in Wayne," Gierczynski said. "When that facility shut down, voice and data traffic were affected."
A press release from the Chester County Department of Emergency Services said that many parts of Chester County had been affected.
Gierczynski said that the power issue had been resolved, and technicians are now working on restarting the voice and data systems.
"It will be about two to three more hours to restore," Gierczynski said.
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