Update on Outage
Posted November 7, 2013 at 11:14 am by Tim Dustrude
CenturyLink is working with Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) to provide a temporary solution that would restore local voice and 911 services for customers on San Juan Island, Orcas and Lopez. We will use OPALCO’s fiber cable and microwave system to connect our customers with service while we work to repair our severed cable.
A dive team is accessing the severed underwater fiber cable which is located about one mile offshore of Lopez Island. A decision will then be made whether to repair or replace the cable. We will release updates as we receive them.
Until services are restored please continue to use the following instruction in case of an emergency, residents on Lopez Island are instructed to use either their cell phones or their landlines to call Lopez Fire district at 360.468.2991 or go to the main station at 2228 Fisherman Bay Rd. in Lopez Village. Residents on Orcas Island should also use either their cell phones or landlines to call the Orcas Island Fire District at 360.376.2331 or go to the fire station located at 45 Lavender Lane, Eastsound.
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I don’t understand why our cellular service – cell phones – aren’t working. Am I just too old? Are they all linked so that repair is all or nothing?
Mari, my understanding is that Verizon cell towers are connected to the CenturyLink phone service. AT&T is not, so I think AT&T cell phones are working… If I got that right.
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