According to the Associated Press, phone carriers say some customers in the Southeast are experiencing outages with wireless and wired service.
AT&T spokesman Jim Greer said in an email Tuesday afternoon the outages affect cellular and landline service.
Verizon spokesman Trevor Thomas said the outages are in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama and Tennessee and that engineers are working to resolve the problems.
The Lexington Herald-Leader said Sprint and T-Mobile customers also reported problems. The carriers posted Twitter messages saying they were working to fix the problems.
The number of customers affected wasn’t available, and it’s not known when service might be restored.
WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, said outages were reported in Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee; Huntsville, Alabama; and Bowling Green, Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky.
Locally, from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office: Due to wide spread communication outages, the Sheriff’s Office would like people to call 270-527-1333 if they need emergency police or medical assistance. 911 lines seem to be having widespread problems. We will update once the issues are resolved.