Interestingly, I saw this post on social media showing some confusion across state lines. I believe this person lives around 100 miles from the nearest border of Maine. Note the first alert doesn’t specify which state is affected but the second does. Commenters on the post indicate they received the alert in NY and NH (both of which border MA directly whereas Maine does not). Tony On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM Tony Tauber <ttauber@1-4-5.net> wrote:

Yes, got alerts on phones on two different carriers for outage and restoration.

Also email from local police for both (I’m subscribed to those.)

Tony

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:

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Via the Outages list, info from the Boston police department followed about an hour later by a "it's fixed" message.

Did anyone in MA receive a push notification from their cellular carrier?

Quotation from original posts follows

"I have a report this 3pm Tue, hour from the authenticated FB page of the Boston PD, that 9-1-1 service is out statewide in Mass; they're handling it as a Code 2 AHOD; flag down a cruiser if you need help.

""" 9-11 is currently down statewide.

If you are experiencing an emergency please pull a Fire Box.

If you need assistance, please reach out to your local Boston Police District station.

Boston Police will be patrolling with their blue lights activated for high visibility. Please approach an officer if you need assistance:

Downtown A-1: (617) 343-4240 Charlestown A-15: (617) 343-4888 East Boston A-7: (617) 343-4220 Roxbury B-2: (617) 343-4270 Mattapan B-3: (617) 343-4700 South Boston C-6: (617) 343-4730 Dorchester C-11: (617) 343-4330 South End D-4: (617) 343-4250 Allston/Brighton D-14: (617) 343-4260 Roslindale/ West Roxbury E-5: (617) 343-4560 Jamaica Plain E-13: (617) 343-5630 Hyde Park E-18: (617) 343-5600

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911 Operating System is back up and running

CANCEL 9-11 is currently down statewide.

If you are experiencing an emergency please pull a Fire Box.

If you need assistance, please reach out to your local Boston Police District station.

Boston Police will be patrolling with their blue lights activated for high visibility.

Please approach an officer if you need assistance:

Downtown A-1: (617) 343-4240

Charlestown A-15: (617) 343-4888

East Boston A-7: (617) 343-4220

Roxbury B-2: (617) 343-4270

Mattapan B-3: (617) 343-4700

South Boston C-6: (617) 343-4730

Dorchester C-11: (617) 343-4330

South End D-4: (617) 343-4250

Allston/Brighton D-14: (617) 343-4260

Roslindale/ West Roxbury E-5: (617) 343-4560

Jamaica Plain E-13: (617) 343-5630

Hyde Park E-18: (617) 343-5600