Cellular and Internet service from Nashville to Alabama is still disrupted because of the Christmas attack in Nashville.
The problems are affecting the 911 service, along with the network within a large regional hospital.
Service crashed in the area when a truckload of bombs exploded in front of an AT&T building in downtown Nashville on Friday morning.
The disruption affected the 911’s operations, in addition to consumer services on the AT&T and T-Mobile networks, NewsChannel 5 reported.
On Saturday morning, the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, about 30 miles north of Nashville, was still experiencing network and system problems, according to local ABC affiliate WKRN.
The hospital is currently operating without access to electronic medical records and has been forced to switch to paper.
AT&T said in a public statement early Saturday that it has two cell sites operating in downtown Nashville. The company is rolling out additional portable sites in the Nashville area and in the region, he said.
A fire reignited overnight in the damaged premises, forcing an evacuation.
The company is focusing on restoring power to the property. “Currently, our teams are on site working with safety and structural engineers,” said the statement. “They have made access holes in the building and are trying to reconnect power to critical equipment. Technical teams are also working as quickly as possible to redirect additional services to other facilities in the region to restore service. “
Service disruptions have been reported across the country, but the area that has suffered the most impact has stretched from the middle of Tennessee to Kentucky and Alabama, The Tennessean reported.
Communication problems were behind a brief disruption of flights to and from Nashville International Airport on Friday. The flights were still about 15 minutes late on Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration website said.