{
  "id": "2018-08-24-university-of-washington-sporadic-network-outages-affecting-campus-phones",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-sporadic-network-outages-affecting-campus-phones-2018-08-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2018-08-24",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Sporadic network outages affecting campus phones",
    "headlinePublic": "Sporadic network outages affecting campus phones",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert](https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/08/24/uw-alert-seattle-26/) on or about 2018-08-24. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2018-08-24",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE (11:05 a.m.): All campus network issues have been resolved.\n\nUPDATE (10:08 a.m.): Campus phones are restored after an earlier outage. More information: https://eoutage.uw.edu/\n\nORIGINAL POST:\n\nThere are sporadic network outages affecting some UW campus phones. If you need to call 9-1-1, use your cell phone. UWIT is working on the issue and more updates will be provided as they are available.\n\nUW Bothell and UW Tacoma campuses and UW Medical Center buildings do not appear to be affected by the outages.\n\nMore resources:\n\nhttps://eoutage.uw.edu/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/08/24/uw-alert-seattle-26/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 555,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Sporadic network outages affecting campus phones",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/08/24/uw-alert-seattle-26/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "other"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}