Network Nebraska incident
ESU03 Schools Redundant path via Windstream Down
Network Nebraska experienced a major incident on August 12, 2025 affecting ESU 3, lasting 1d 6h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 12, 2025, 07:47 PM UTC
Network Nebraska Engineers are investigating an issue affecting redundant paths to several ESU03 schools via Windstream. We have contacted Windstream NOC for more information. No estimated time of resolution is available at this moment.
- identified Aug 12, 2025, 11:14 PM UTC
Windstream/Uniti NOC reports that there is a fiber damage causing the current outage. Fiber technicians are currently performing repairs. No ETR at this time.
- identified Aug 13, 2025, 04:27 PM UTC
Additional Windstream work crews were on site as of 10:30am CT to assist with repairs, no time to restoral has been given.
- identified Aug 13, 2025, 06:48 PM UTC
Windstream had begun to splice fiber by 12:54pm CT today, they have yet to provide a restoral time.
- monitoring Aug 13, 2025, 08:22 PM UTC
This connection came up 2:59pm CT and all circuits have restored. Windstream is still performing repairs, there is a chance this could go back down before they are hands-off.
- resolved Aug 14, 2025, 02:06 AM UTC
Windstream completed work as of 7:09pm CT, the connection has remained stable.