CenturyLink
A trailer stationed outside of the CenturyLink building in Swanville is serving as a temporary central office, housing the switch equipment necessary to connect calls. Technicians, engineers and an operations support team was able to outfit the trailer with equipment from St. Cloud, Mora and La Crosse, Wis.

Phone service restored in Swanville three days after fire at CenturyLink building

Posted on January 10, 2013 at 1:09 pm

By Terry Lehrke, News Editor Swanville 911 service was up and running at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, after several days …
 
CenturyLink technicians are working around the clock to restore phone sevice to residents in Swanville, after a fire destroyed the equipment inside the CenturyLink building on Third Street, taking down phone service in the area. The Swanville Fire Department and deputies from the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office manned the Fire Hall throughout the night and into the next day, making themselves available with a portable phone to residents without phone service who needed to make a call, especially in the case of an emergency. The fire is thought to have originated with a lithium battery, said Carrie Amann, public relations person with CenturyLink.

Fire at CenturyLink building in Swanville leaves residents without phone service

Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:41 am

Technicians working around the clock to restore service By Terry Lehrke, News Editor  Swanville city residents found themselves without phone service beginning …
 

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