[192031] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC: DIRS activated for providers in Florida, Georgia, South
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Mon Oct 10 13:31:22 2016
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:26:47 +0200
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* sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan) [Mon 10 Oct 2016, 19:25 CEST]:
>On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Sean Donelan wrote:
>>The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has activated its Disaster
>>Information Reporting System (DIRS) in response to Hurricane Matthew.
>
>The FCC is now requesting daily reports. The FCC has also expanded
>the area it requests reports, including North Carolina, South
>Carolina and Virginia.
>
>Of course, DIRS is "voluntary." There doesn't seem to be any benefit
>for communication providers. DIRS doesn't appear to improve or speed
>up any disaster recovery efforts.
Mandatory timed status reports rarely do
-- Niels.
