[Outages-discussion] [outages] ATT Internet Restoration after Helene

[Tim Burke]

AT&T most certainly does, at least for their FirstNet public safety product. The public safety entity I did IT for in a past role was an AT&T FirstNet customer, and as a result our local CO had what they called a “SatCOLT”[1] parked at it for emergencies that may require it.  If I’m not mistaken, Verizon also has these. Not sure about the lower-end carriers. 

[1]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EC1NtMgXYAU6bQL.jpg

> On Oct 11, 2024, at 4:27 PM, Charles Sprickman via Outages-discussion <outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:
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> Just curious - this post notes that fiber lines might be disrupted, but do the carriers not have portable mini-cells anymore? Is VSAT for backhaul just too expensive for them to bother with it?
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> I feel like in prior decades getting temp service in disaster areas seemed to be the norm...
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> Charles
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>> On Oct 11, 2024, at 1:20 PM, Mark Borchers via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
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>> Does anyone have any information on ATT's Internet restoration efforts in western North Carolina beyond the abbreviated status on their outage page?  I'm aware that ETR's will vary widely by location.  However, most areas are getting power back, so at this point it should be a matter of repairing damaged fiber.  Just checking a couple sources, sightings of ATT trucks in the area have been very rare so far.
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