Public hearing on telephone service outages

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) is

reminding citizens that it will be holding a public hearing (C-5303/PI-240) on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in Omaha, to take testimony from anyone who may have experienced a telephone service outage from either CenturyLink, Windstream or Frontier.

The public hearing will be held from 10:00 a.m.-to- 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Room 120, on the South Campus of Metropolitan Community College, 2902 Edward Babe Gomez, Ave., in Omaha.

Members of the public who have recently experienced a telephone service outage from CenturyLink, Windstream or Frontier are invited to submit in-person public testimony during the hearing. Those unable to attend the hearing may submit written testimony. A testimony form is available on the PSC website. Written testimony must be emailed to psc.telecom@nebraska.gov by 5 p.m. on Nov. 2.

A livestream will be available on the day of the hearing.

Those attending via the livestream will be muted and will not be able to present verbal testimony.