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Decatur, Ala. | Tuesday, May 21, 2013

2/20/13 | 4 comments | 1939 views

Internet, phones ‘cut’ off

AT&T outage impacts area businesses, schools

By Lucy Berry Staff Writer

Without Internet or telephone service Wednesday, Office Interiors by OSCO Vice President Jimmy Worley said his employees had to use their cellphones to check business emails and make calls to … More »

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On 2/21/13 at 05:43 AM, Steve from wrote:

I wonder who will pay the retailers for the lost revenue from the outage?

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On 2/21/13 at 06:19 AM, RONALD from wrote:

Sue em! America the Beautiful

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On 2/21/13 at 06:20 AM, JIMMY J from Decatur wrote:

no one crap happens........have to have back up plan!!! Steve how do they get lost revenue when lightning strikes and power goes out????

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On 2/21/13 at 09:18 AM, Tony from wrote:

Jimmy's point is dead on. If your business is built around a "single point of failure", then you have not built your business well.

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