OREANDA-NEWS. August 23, 2012. A train derailment west of Baltimore in Ellicott City has damaged Verizon facilities at the site of the accident, reported the press-centre of Verizon.

Verizon has gained limited access to the derailment area and has placed a temporary fiber-optic cable to hasten restoral efforts. Verizon technicians have begun splicing the cable, and more services are beginning to operate normally.  The company earlier restored more than half of the affected services by rerouting network traffic to other facilities.

Verizon will work continuously until all services are up and running. 

As reported earlier, there is no impact on high-speed Internet (DSL) or FiOS services for consumers and small businesses. Wireless and 911 services are also not affected.  However, some Verizon customers in the area may have trouble completing local and long-distance calls, and services for some business and government customers may also be affected. 

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 94 million retail customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with USD111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 188,000.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.