ISLE OF WIGHT CO., Va. (WVEC) -- Verizon landline phone service is down, affecting thousands of people in Isle of Wight Co., Southampton Co., Surry Co. and Franklin.
The outage began around 1:30 a.m. when a Verizon fiber line was cut.
Isle of Wight service was restored around 6:30 a.m.
It wasn't clear when the phones would be working again in the other localities.
If you need to reach emergency officials, call 911 from your cell phone or text 911 or go to any Police/Sheriff's Office/Fire and EMS stations.
In Surry County, 911 lines have been transferred to Sussex County, but the adminstrative lines are now working, officials say..
