[Ndr] Transit access on the islands ...

[Nicholas Harland]

No problem contacting vendors - I just meant inviting a large group to the
list. Though for Caribbean specific vendors, don't expect much of a
response this entire area is still a humanitarian crisis and food and water
are priority

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Phillip Heller <pheller at me.com> wrote:

> Thus far, it is only my intention to inquire with vendors about service
> availability, and timelines for service activation and hardware shipment to
> the South East US.  Until we learn more and have a logistics plan, it’s
> really just exploratory to know what solutions might be workable.
>
> —phil
>
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 11:21 PM, Nicholas Harland <nharland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> AT&T had limited service available in Charlotte Amalie on St Thomas and
> people were posting to facebook from it, so it certainly wasn't satellite
> uplink.
>
> I personally would prefer not making a lot of contacts until the security
> situation on the islands is better, but that's just because I'm going
> there.
>
> Attached is a map of the cables in the area, not sure if the list serv
> accepts attachments but those on the To will get it.
>
> Nick Harland
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> AFAIK undersea is ok. Access networks. We could set up for both?
>>
>> Bevil, Jason, what are you hearing? Would querying Caribnog at this point
>> be hekpful?
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 22:04 Phillip Heller <pheller at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I had previously read that Transit access to the islands is ok (i.e.,
>>> sub cables, etc).  Is that know for sure?  The more recent reports of
>>> damage and conditions are not encouraging...
>>>
>>> It seems like the majority of the islands are in the HughesNet and
>>> SES/O3B footprints.  I started an inquiry with HughesNet today, but
>>> apparently their sales people are brain damaged as they referred me to
>>> distributors in PR, and of the few I tried, I had fast busy, endless
>>> ringing, or even dead air.
>>>
>>> I’ll try SES/O3B tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Of course, if we come to learn transit is available and just needs some
>>> help, these Satellite options can take a back seat.
>>>
>>> In the mean time, if anyone here has inside contacts at either HughesNet
>>> or SES/O3B, that would be helpful.  Last resort, of course, is more BGAN
>>> gear.
>>>
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> <vi_cables.PNG>
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