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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
Contact: Renee Graham, Public Communications Officer - (573) 874-7316
 
Police, Joint Communications, Howard and Gentry service restored –
phone and Internet outage continues at other locations
 
COLUMBIA, MO (May 21, 2010) - City crews continue to work on a fiber
communications network that was damaged this morning during construction
in the historic Daniel Boone Building. Various city locations
experienced outages in phone, Internet and e-mail services. 
 
Internet and e-mail communications are fully operational at:
• Police
• Joint Communications, Office of Emergency Management
• Gentry Building (Parks & Recreation Administration, Office of
Cultural Affairs)
• Howard Building (Human Resources, Prosecutor’s Office, Municipal
Court)
Phones at these locations remained operational throughout the day, and
Joint Communications’ 9-1-1 calls were not affected by the outage.
 

Work to restore Internet and e-mail service continues at: 
• Armory 
• Fire Administration
• Wabash Station - during the outage, Columbia Transit customers can
call (573) 817-6465 for service. 
 
Barring unforeseen circumstances, crews expect to restore all services
over the weekend. For more information, please contact Renee Graham at
(573) 874-7316.
 
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