Here’s how the US carriers are preparing for Hurricane DorianHurricane Dorian is already impacting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as carriers prep response teams for Florida.
Severe weather events are the times that mobile communications are most important, especially during events like hurricanes when power outages can last for days and you may have to evacuate to shelters or unfamiliar areas hundreds of miles away. The preparation and the response of wireless carriers is vital to keeping connected during an already chaotic time, and here's the response being prepared by the four major carriers right now.
AT&T
AT&T's network is operating normally in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where the storm has already passed. Response teams are preparing in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, including the staging of mobile cell sites (including some drone-mounted cell sites) and command centers.
AT&T has also announced it is waving fees for going over on data for customers in the storm's path in Fl...
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Here’s how the US carriers are preparing for Hurricane Dorian
