Carr Says Lessons to Be Learned in Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr learned lessons from 48 hours with telecom crews in Florida last month post-Hurricane Michael. Better coordination is needed, he said. “More than 7,000 power company crews and contractors worked around the clock to restore power, and…
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this meant cutting, pulling, and replacing thousands of utility poles,” Carr blogged Tuesday. “Unfortunately, their work resulted in a significant number of cuts to fiber and other communications lines. In fact, one fiber company reported 37 cuts in the first few days.” Carr has questions about the wireless resiliency cooperative framework, subject of staff inquiries earlier Tuesday (see 1811060052). “The reports I heard on the ground were that this type of roaming worked well when carriers exercised their roaming rights,” he said. “But I heard conflicting reports about how quickly some providers implemented roaming. There should be greater awareness about resiliency roaming and planning.”