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Nebraska regulators opened another investigation Tuesday into Lumen after its latest 911 outage has left questions unanswered and frustrations mounting for regulators and lawmakers alike.

Nebraska regulators have opened another investigation into Lumen after its latest 911 outage has left questions unanswered and frustrations mounting for regulators and lawmakers alike.

The Nebraska Public Safety Commission held a hearing on the Windstream emergency service outages.

The emergency number 911 is ubiquitous. Two generations of Americans know nothing else when it comes to summoning help from police, firefighters and EMTs.

Nebraskas Public Service Commission opened investigations into the states two largest telecommunications providers over disruptions to 911 services in Southeast Nebraska in late August and early September.

Nebraskas Public Service Commission opened investigations into the states two largest telecommunications providers over disruptions to 911 services in Southeast Nebraska in late August and early September.

Nebraskas Public Service Commission opened investigations into the states two largest telecommunications providers Tuesday over disruptions to 911 services in Southeast Nebraska in late August and early September.

A call to 911 can save your life, but outages last week kept some Nebraskans from getting through to emergency call centers. 

The Nebraska Public Service Commission is responding to another statewide 911 outage.

The fire at Windstream led to the second disruption to 911 services in Southeast Nebraska in three days and prompted the governors office to call for "a comprehensive inquiry."