[196190] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: California wildfires - communications status
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Oct 11 08:12:58 2017
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:16:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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From Califonira Office of Emergency Services
77 cellular-services sites were damaged or out of service (35 repaired)
A key cellular hub was damaged (location not provided)
From Comcast
38,000 subscribers out of service
Xfinity WiFi hotspots are available for free in the area until Friday
Providing WiFi hotspots in 33 evacuation centers
From AT&T
Network disaster recovery teams deployed, mobile Cells On Wheels (COWs)
being deployed
From T-Mobile
Some cell service disrupted in California
From Sprint
impact on customers "minimal," cable connecting cell towers was cut by the
fire. Waiting for safety clearance from authorities to enter area to
repair.
From Verizon
Working to restore interrupted cell service in Napa, Sonoma, Lake and
Mendocino counties where permitted by authorities and safe to access
