There are 602,700 cable and wireline subscribers out of service in the area affected by Hurricane Zeta, said Friday’s report from the disaster information reporting service. It included information from South Carolina and Florida, but the agency deactivated the service for those states and portions of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina the same day. The service remained active for some counties in the latter five states. Friday’s report lists two public safety answering points as out of service and 3.9% of cellsites down. No TV stations were out of service, but six FM and four AM stations were down.
There are 49,824 cable and wireline subscribers out of service in the nine Louisiana counties still being monitored for outages related to Hurricane Delta using the disaster information reporting system, said Tuesday’s FCC report. The area was narrowed Monday, said a public notice. No public safety answering points are down, while 6.5% of cellsites are offline. One TV station, three FM stations and two AMs are off-air.
Senate Communications Subcommittee members intermingled questions about FirstNet’s progress during a Thursday hearing with forays into how broader communications policy could affect the public safety broadband network. Subcommittee Chairman John Thune R-S.D., and others at times focused on whether legislation to further streamline permitting processes would aid FirstNet’s deployment. FirstNet CEO Edward Parkinson and AT&T Senior Vice President-FirstNet Program Jason Porter highlighted their progress in building the network and expressed willingness to carry out GAO recommendations that it improve communications with stakeholders (see 2009170071).
The FCC deactivated the disaster information reporting system for Louisiana and Mississippi, in connection with Hurricane Sally, said public notices Wednesday and Thursday. The system remains active for nine counties in Alabama and four in Florida. Thursday’s DIRS report, including the since-deactivated Mississippi region, listed 156,147 cable and wireline subscribers in the affected areas as out of service, and 17.1% of cellsites are offline. One Florida public safety answering point is rerouting calls, one AM station and three FMs are off-air, another AM is sending programming to another station and no TV stations are down.
Cable and wireline subscribers out of service in areas affected by Hurricane Sally jumped from 1,096 Tuesday to 88,362, said Wednesday’s disaster information reporting system FCC report. Out-of-service cellsites climbed from 0.5% to 6.9%, and two AM and two FM radio stations are off-air. No TV stations or public safety answering points were down.
There are 1,096 cable and wireline subscribers out of service in the areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricane Sally, said the FCC disaster information reporting system as of noon Tuesday. No public safety answering points or broadcast stations were down; 0.5% of cellsites were out.
About 22% of cellsites are out of service in the five Louisiana counties where the FCC’s disaster information reporting system remains active for storms Laura and Marco, said Tuesday’s DIRS report. One public safety answering point is rerouting calls, and 74,181 cable and wireline subscribers are out of service. No TV stations are down, but six FM stations and one AM are out of service, the report said. The FCC narrowed the areas covered by DIRS Friday.
After deactivating the disaster information reporting system Sunday for portions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Public Safety Bureau activated the system for numerous counties in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas because of Laura and Tropical Storm Marco. "Reports are requested at 10:00 a.m." EDT Tuesday and daily at that time until DIRS is deactivated, said a public notice Monday. The bureau also issued PNs on emergency contact info for licensees that need special temporary authority, and on 24-hour availability of FCC staff. The deactivation Sunday was at the request of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Coordinating Center for Communications and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the PN said. The final report of that activation, also released Sunday, said 60,501 cable and wireline subscribers were without service, 6% of cellsites in Puerto Rico had outages and none in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and no broadcast stations or public service answering points were down.
There are 23,477 cable and wireline subscribers without service in the 24 Iowa counties affected by the recent Midwest derecho, said the FCC’s disaster information reporting system in Tuesday’s report. There were 23,522 without service Monday. The affected areas also have outages at 2% of cellsites, compared with 2.4% Monday. As was the case Monday, eight FM stations and one AM remain out of service, and no public safety answering point reported being down in the affected areas.
There are 23,522 cable and wireline subscribers without service due to the “Midwest Derecho” in the 24 Iowa counties covered by the current activation of the FCC’s disaster information reporting system, said Monday’s report. There were 38,088 subscribers without service Sunday. The affected areas also have outages at 2.4% of cellsites, a slight improvement over Sunday's 2.7%. Eight FM stations and one AM station are out of service, and no public safety answering point reported being down, the report said.