Telecom infrastructure is weak link in disasters
Joab Jackson writes in GCN.com:
A recent Federal Communications Commission meeting with two telecommunication providers related to Hurricane Katrina outages revealed that physical infrastructure remains an Achilles’ heel for networks in disaster situations.
During the hurricane, getting enough power was a major issue for the Gulf Coast telecom providers, as was keeping the basic infrastructure running and providing physical security for workers and equipment.
Equipment failure during natural disasters is nothing new, but the extreme damage that Katrina inflicted offered insights into increasing network reliability, executives from Verizon Wireless of Bedminster, N.J., and BellSouth Corp. of Atlanta told the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council. The council provides technical advice to the FCC for issues and questions faced by the agency.
posted by Fergie @ 11/07/2005 10:01:00 AM
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