Cell phone service came to a virtual standstill in Haines Wednesday when statewide problems affecting provider ACS coincided with an ongoing gridlock in service for AT&T Alascom customers on days large cruise ships dock.

“It’s getting to be a real problem,” said Krista Kielsmeier, who greets cruise ship visitors for the borough’s tourism department.

The town’s lone taxi company gave up trying to use its phone Wednesday and instead posted a pick-up schedule at the…