Connecticut Cellsites Coming Back Online After Isaias
Out-of-service Connecticut cell sites declined to 1.6% Monday, after Tropical Storm Isaias caused outages, the FCC said in a disaster information reporting system (DIRS) status report. It was down from 3.6% in Sunday’s update and 7% Saturday. Transport network issues…
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and power outages were mostly to blame. Cable and wireline companies reported about 70,000 subscribers out of service Monday, down from 121,000 subscribers Sunday and about 257,000 Saturday. There were no broadcast or 911 outage reports on any of the three days after the Public Safety Bureau activated DIRS Friday. The FCC is requiring reports about all Connecticut counties daily at 10 a.m. Bureaus released procedures and contact information. The FCC didn't activate DIRS for other states hit by Isaias. An agency spokesperson said government partners requested the agency activate DIRS for hard-hit Connecticut.