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AT&T failed to notify 911 call centers of outage, pays $950K to settle probe

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AT&T agreed to pay a $ 950,000 fine for an August 2023 outage in four states.

The outage lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes , affecting users in Illinois , Kansas , Texas , and Wisconsin .

It resulted in over 400 failed 911 calls.

The carrier may be hit with another fine for another outage that happened in February 2024 .

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