Jamestown (CSi)  Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist tells CSiNewsNow.com that phone service to Jamestown and the area was restore at 1:25 -p.m., Tuesday.

Shortly after 8am Tuesday Sept 19, 2017, a contractor installing fiber for another phone company, cut an unlocated CenturyLink fiber,  west of Eckelson, ND along 33 St SE (old #10).

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Early pixs by CSi photographer as workers expose the cut fiber

The cut disrupted some local telephone services for the Jamestown area, including long distance services into and out of Jamestown area.

Earlier Tuesday,Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist said as of 11-a.m. Tuesday 9-1-1 cell phone calls to the Stutsman County LEC Dispatch Center, were getting through.

Jason Hornug with the state 9-1-1 system in Bismarck said that by noon on Tuesday, Jamestown land line 9-1-1 calls through Century Link  will reach the Jamestown LEC Dispatch Center directly.

A tech made a switch in Jamestown to by-pass the normal 9-1-1- call to Fargo and back to Jamestown, by routing the Jamestown Century Link land line 9-1-1 calls directly to the LEC, while the Century Link outage was in effect.

CenturyLink’s Market Development Manager, Rachel Woodman said Tuesday morning, “Technicians are dispatched and an investigation is underway,” Woodman said in an email. “We apologize for any inconvenience this creates for our customers and will provide updates as more information becomes available.”