Satellite coverage is uniformly high quality, “offering a true alternate...
Satellite coverage is uniformly high quality, “offering a true alternate communications platform -- which is so important for emergency response and recovery activities when disaster strikes and terrestrial wireline and wireless broadband networks are most vulnerable,” said Tony Bardo, Hughes…
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Network Systems vice president. Weeks after Superstorm Sandy pummeled regions of the U.S., “many thousands of people and businesses were still without power,” he said in prepared remarks for FCC field hearings on the so-called superstorm Sandy to take place this week in New York and New Jersey (http://xrl.us/boeshf). “Conversely, satellite networks withstood the disaster well, with limited or no reported disruption to service.” Hughes’ role in keeping responders, businesses and people connected during the storm and its aftermath include providing disaster recovery centers with its broadband terminals and high-speed satellite broadband service, he said. Bardo said Hughes provided key communications capabilities to Habitat for Humanity, “including broadband services, that the organization needed to coordinate rebuilding efforts.”