Wheeler Updates Pallone on Telecom Fallout From Blizzard
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler sees “useful tools” in emergency communications legislation from House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Wheeler told Pallone in a Feb. 17 letter the agency released Friday. Wheeler told Pallone of the “successful performance of…
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the nation’s wireless infrastructure during Winter Storm Jonas” in late January and said that according to carriers’ outage reports, fewer than 27,000 customers lost wireless service. Wheeler cited “surprisingly few outages” that suggested “increased” resiliency efforts from the carriers. “I hope in the coming weeks you and I may work together on initiatives with the wireless industry and other stakeholders, including state and local governments, public safety and consumers, to increase their disaster resiliency and ensure the public is protected in times of emergency,” Wheeler told Pallone.