FCC Hurricane Hearing Nov. 17; DIRS Shows 175,000 Subs Down From Nicole
The FCC plans a virtual field hearing on the impact of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian during the Nov. 17 open meeting, said a news release Wednesday. The meeting will focus on “coordination between the communications and power sectors in response…
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to these disasters” and “provide an opportunity to gather new information and lessons learned so that U.S. networks are better prepared for future storms like Tropical Storm Nicole,” said the release. Thursday’s disaster information reporting system release for Nicole showed 175,903 cable and wireline subscribers without service, and 0.9% of cellsites down in affected counties in Florida Wednesday. The report also showed two FM and 1 AM station down. The Wireless Bureau granted emergency waivers to Federated Wireless, Google and CommScope of the agency’s rules on the Citizens Broadband Radio Service to facilitate communications during the storm. “The FCC is monitoring the storm as it progresses,” said Wednesday’s release.