FCC Says Tropical Storm Barry Communications Impact Eases
The operational status of communications services improved Monday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi tracked by the FCC disaster information reporting system, said Monday's report on areas impacted by Tropical Storm Barry. By 11:30 a.m. EDT, only 0.5 percent of…
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wireless cell sites were out of service in the 72 counties in the DIRS disaster area, compared to 1.7 percent a day earlier. The agency noted cell site outages don't necessarily translate into a customer losing service because coverage from cell sites can overlap. For wired communications, 53,123 subscribers in Louisiana experienced outages of cable or wireline service, which include phone, internet, TV or a combination of those services, and 462 subscribers in Mississippi suffered a cable or wireline outage Monday. All 17 TV stations in the area reported being operational on Monday, up from 16 on Sunday. One FM station, W266CD, reported being out of service.