Light pole installation blamed for many of the 911 outages that hit 4 states
Published Date: 4/18/2024
Source: WRAL
Many of the emergency 911 service outages that hit several states for a few hours were caused by the installation of a light pole, an official with a company that operates fiber lines said Thursday. Outages were reported Wednesday night in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas. Service was restored by Thursday morning in all four states. Although the Federal Communications Commission and other agencies were investigating, outages in Nevada, South Dakota and Nebraska stemmed from a cut fiber line "due to a third-party company installing a light pole — unrelated to our service,” Mark Molzen, global issues director for Lumen Technologies, said in an email to The Associated Press. Service was restored within 2 1/2 hours, he said. Molzen said Lumen is not a 911 provider in Texas, so the loss of service there was unrelated to the line cut in Kansas City, Missouri. There were no reports of 911 outages in Kansas City. Full Story: https://www.wral.com/story/law-enforcement-officials-in-4-states-report-temporary-911-outages/21386962/ Subscribe to WRAL: https://youtube.com/c/wral5 News Tips: Online - https://www.wral.com/report-it/ Email - [email protected] Follow WRAL: Facebook: https://facebook.com/WRALTV X: https://twitter.com/WRAL IG: https://instagram.com/wral About WRAL-TV: WRAL is your Raleigh, North Carolina news source. Check out our videos for the latest news in Raleigh, local sports, Raleigh weather, and more at https://WRAL.com #nationalnews #police