In Ohio, a weeks-long communications outage upended daily life, pushing residents into parking lots for internet access while leaving others worried about what could happen in an emergency.
Evan Jackson, a seventh-generation farmer, works from his truck on Walmart Wi-Fi, and New Bavaria resident Julie Tonjes admitted that her 85-year-old mother has no way to dial 911 from home, WTVG reported.
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Customers of Benton Ridge Telephone Company in Ohio’s Henry and Hancock counties told WTVG that their internet, television, and landline phone service vanished without warning.
Service has stayed down for as long as six weeks — with full bills still arriving and no restoration date in sight…