A widespread power outage in Albany has interrupted telecommunications services throughout the Central New York State Region. As a result Delhi and Margaretville Telephone Companies are experiencing service impairments affecting cable phone, long distance, and select internet services. The current estimated restoration time provided by the Network Switching Center in Albany is 3:30PM. Additional updates will be provided as they become available.
Update – 4:15pm - National Grid restoration efforts remain ongoing in the Albany electric outage area. Additionally, efforts to restore back up power at the affected Network Switching center are ongoing as well. Additional updates will be provided as they become available.
Update – 5:30pm – Emergency backup power has been restored at the Network Switching center in Albany allowing restoral of telecommunications services in the Central New York region. All Delhi Telephone and Margaretville Telephone Company services have been restored at this time.