Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Nationwide 911 Disruptions Expose a Fragile System
Lumen Technologies reported that a third-party company caused an outage when they accidentally cut a fiber optic cable during the installation of a light pole. This outage impacted 9-1-1 services across several states. Some agencies reported the problem stemmed from issues with wireless carriers. In Nebraska, Sarpy County 911 indicated that some wireless carriers could not connect to 9-1-1 services, though the issue was resolved a few hours later. In Texas, the Del Rio Police clarified that the outage was due to a carrier issue and not a problem withRead More