It helps to have a largely intact power grid, and a state government that doesn’t squander maintenance dollars on graft and corruption. 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-prepa-probe/u-s-house-panel-probes-corruption-allegations-at-puerto-rico-utility-idUSKCN1GP03P

 -mel 

On Oct 23, 2018, at 12:00 AM, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet@akcin.net> wrote:

Thank you for sharing this.

Very sad indeed to hear about 6 months delays in restoring for PR.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 8:47 PM Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
39 deaths in the US, at least 15 deaths in Honduras, Nicaragua, El
Salvador

After 12 days, most wireless service is restored in Florida. It took
over 6 months to restore wireless service across Puerto Rico/US Virgin
Islands.

Today, Oct 22 2018, Verizon Wireless reported wireless services has been
restored throughout the area.

AT&T Wireless reports 99.9% wireless service restoration.

T-Mobile reports service restored or temporary solutions in place.

FCC Status Reporting

Cellular service:
Bay County: 103 cell sites out of service (29.7%)
Gadsden County: 12 cell sites out of service (19.4%)
Gulf County: 6 cell sites out of service (26.1%)

55,006 wireline and cable customers are reported out of service.

1 TV, 7 FM and 2 AM broadcasters reported out of service.

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