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Telecommunications Outage Hits MIT
Phones on campus, including calls to police, were briefly impacted.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — According to MIT, a major telecommunications outage affected phones on campus, including calls to MIT Police, Tuesday morning.
The outage occurred around 11:30 a.m., and service was restored as of 12:19 p.m., MIT said.
People using campus phones can again report emergencies on campus to (617) 253-1212.
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