FCC Sets Regulatory Fee Extension for Irma-, Harvey-Affected Areas; DIRS Deactivated in Alabama, Georgia, PR
The FCC extended the deadline for regulatory fees for entities in areas affected by Hurricane Irma or Tropical Storm Harvey by three days and deactivated the Disaster Information Reporting System for all counties in Alabama, Georgia and Puerto Rico, said…
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public notices. The FCC is “mindful” of the damage caused by the storm, so the deadline for regulatory fees was moved from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29 in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and portions of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia, the Office of Managing Director said. Partial deactivation of the DIRS is at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Public Safety Bureau said. DIRS is still active in Florida and the USVI, that PN said. Six Florida public safety answering points are still experiencing problems due to Irma, down from 20 Thursday, said Friday's DIRS report. In Florida, 8.5 percent of cellsites are down, an improvement from 13 percent Thursday. In the USVI, 51 percent of cellsites are out of service, down from 54 percent. Florida has 1.6 million wireline and cable subscribers without service. “The number of cable systems and wireline subscribers out of service is reduced significantly from yesterday because, in addition to removing from the total states/territories deactivated in DIRS, the FCC found that one or more providers had previously filed multiple entries, resulting in double/triple counting number of subscribers and inaccurate percentages per day,” the report said. Duplicative entries were removed, the report said. Twenty-four radio stations are out of service in Florida and the USVI. Florida has three TV stations out, the USVI have two down.