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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (4682)7/16/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
Explosion shuts down phones in Toronto

newsworld.cbc.ca

WebPosted Fri Jul 16 12:51:01 1999

TORONTO - Phones stopped ringing in several major cities in
Canada on Friday after an explosion caused a major system
failure at a Bell building in Toronto.

The failure knocked out phone lines, most cell phones,
internet services and bank machines in downtown Toronto.
Cantel and digital cell phones appear to be working.

Police report 911 emergency systems are working, but the
police are urging people to use these systems only for real
emergencies.

The failure was caused by an explosion on the fourth floor at
the downtown bell centre at around 8:00 am. One person
was reportedly injured.

Immediately after the explosion, battery powered backup
systems kicked in. But they ran out of power a few hours
later.

[EDIT: Happens all too often...]

The Toronto Stock Exchange is back up and running after it
suspended trading briefly but brokerages are having trouble
communicating.

Phone systems in Ottawa and Montreal and as far away as
Halifax and Vancouver have also been affected as calls that
normally routed through Toronto are rerouted through other
cities.

Bell Canada says it hopes to have services restored by
midafternoon. END
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