[196179] in North American Network Operators' Group
California wildfires - communications status
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Oct 10 14:02:06 2017
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:02:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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There have been many large wildfires in western states for the last couple
of months, but most have been in less populated areas. Several folks have
asked about cell phone problems because of the fires in California.
Sonoma and Napa county sheriff departments are reporting widespread power
outages, and spotty cell phone service in those counties. No specifics
about how many cell towers are impacted.
Landlines seem to be less affected.
Comcast has announced open access to its WiFi access points in Napa and
Sonoma county.
