Tech company admits to causing widespread 911 outage in three states
by Amelia Neath and Katie Hawkinson
Apr 18, 2024
3 minutes
A tech company on Thursday admitted that it was behind widespread 911 outages across three states.
Lumen Technologies, which provides state-wide services to Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota, told The Independent a disruption to their network caused a two-and-a-half-hour 911 outage on Wednesday evening. Multiple Texas cities also reported outages around the same time, but Lumen Technologies does not service the state and the exact cause of their outages is unclear.
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