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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>More here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>”AT&T’s mobile switching office on Choctaw Drive, which contains the heart of its cellular system, took on water, resulting in a network outage that was as widespread as flooding in the Baton Rouge area.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.businessreport.com/business/companies-apologizing-cellphone-internet-outages-following-flood-theyre-providing-no-plans-averting-repeat-scenario">https://www.businessreport.com/business/companies-apologizing-cellphone-internet-outages-following-flood-theyre-providing-no-plans-averting-repeat-scenario</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Outages [mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Stokes via Outages<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 17, 2016 11:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com><br><b>Cc:</b> outages@outages.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [outages] AT&T Outages in TX, NE, IL, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Put the existing trailer(s) on a boat when needed. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We know how to move equipment around in water. In fact, entire industries are built around it. ;-)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 17, 2016, at 11:23 AM, Peter Beckman <<a href="mailto:beckman@angryox.com">beckman@angryox.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Ben Bartsch via Outages wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>As far as we know, it was a single flooded CO on Choctaw that is<br>responsible. We have heard zero information from AT&T as to what the cause<br>is or the ETR. They simply state 'we have technicians staged and are<br>working on it'. They brought in cell towers on wheels into Baton Rouge but<br>couldn't reach Livingston because the roads were flooded. The roads have<br>been opened for about 16.5 hours now and service is still down. A little<br>more transparency by AT&T would go a long way.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br>It might make sense for AT&T to develop a mobile barge/boat-based cell<br>tower, given all the flooding. If they can put a cell tower on wheels, they<br>can put one on a boat, make it float, secure it with extendable legs.<br><br>Or talk to Google about a temporary Project Loon hovering in the sky over<br>the area. Or Softbank.<br><br><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5909392/japans-softbank-carrier-unveils-earthquake-proof-floating-cell-towers">http://gizmodo.com/5909392/japans-softbank-carrier-unveils-earthquake-proof-floating-cell-towers</a><br><a href="http://www.marketplace.org/2012/06/08/tech/fcc-considering-plan-launch-floating-cell-towers">http://www.marketplace.org/2012/06/08/tech/fcc-considering-plan-launch-floating-cell-towers</a><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Peter Beckman Internet Guy<br><a href="mailto:beckman@angryox.com">beckman@angryox.com</a> <a href="http://www.angryox.com/">http://www.angryox.com/</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________<br>Outages mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Outages@outages.org">Outages@outages.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>---<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Keith Stokes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>