Wireless networks proved resilient in the wake of Sandy, and...
Wireless networks proved resilient in the wake of Sandy, and a backup power mandate from the FCC would have done little good, said Chris Guttman-McCabe, CTIA vice president-regulatory affairs, Tuesday on the association’s blog (http://xrl.us/bnybur). “In a situation such as…
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Hurricane Sandy, where commercial power is lost for 4-8 days, rather than hours, a mandated 8-hour backup power rule would not have been a panacea,” Guttman-McCabe wrote. “In spite of having backup power solutions, carriers faced issues with loss of switching facilities, access to fuel and loss of backhaul service. Yet carriers were able to keep cell sites in impacted areas operating on generators, spurring wireless consumers to comment how well cellphone networks worked, in between texts, tweets and Facebook updates about losing power."