UPDATE: AT&T says they have resolved the issue affecting 911 calls Wednesday night.
Issue has been resolved that affected some calls to 911 from wireless customers. We apologize to those who were affected.
— AT&T (@ATT) March 9, 2017
Aware of issue affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers. Working to resolve ASAP. We apologize to those affected.
— AT&T (@ATT) March 9, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission said it will investigate the cause of the outage that affected customers nationwide.
BATESVILLE, Ind. — AT&T has reported a phone outage that is affecting 911 phone calls across the nation including Indiana.
Ripley County communications said that AT&T sent them an automated message stating that 911 calls could be intermittent, but that the main issue would be with location services.
If you are an AT&T customer and try to call 911 and can’t get through or get a busy tone, try the 10 digit phone number for your area listed below.
Ripley County Dispatch – 812-689-5555
Decatur County Dispatch – 812-222-4922
Franklin County Dispatch – 765-647-4178
Dearborn County Dispatch – 812-537-3431