Multistate 911 outage shows fragility of systems, experts say


by NBC News

NBC News— A major 911 outage Wednesday showed the urgent need for increased modernization and regulation of the emergency system, experts in telecommunications and public safety told NBC News. On Thursday, Lumen Technologies, a telecommunications company based in Louisiana, said in a statement that "some customers in Nevada, South Dakota, and Nebraska experienced an outage due to a third-party company installing a light pole — unrelated to our services." The outage left millions in multiple states...

Tech Times—Experts Call for 911 Systems Modernization After Multistate Outage. Experts are now calling for the modernization of 911 systems after it went out due to a seemingly minor light pole installation.

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