On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:17:40AM -0400, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
Some of this is on topic. Internet access is as important as the lights or water being on. Right, get out, but it'll be good to see reasonable updates on what's going on utilities wise down there when the weather shifts.
I'm sure other infrastructure providers are watching Katrina's track closely as it heads inland. Wind becomes less of an issue as the storm degrades, but there's still plenty of rain left in a tropical storm or a tropical depression to cause major flooding well away from the hurricane makes landfall.
based on a quck sql query (this is based on outdated NANPA data) here's a list of telcos/TSPs that are likely to be impacted: | ACTEL INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS, IN | | ADELPHIA BUSINESS LA | | AIRTOUCH PAGING - LA | | AMERICAN MET. CLC LA | | AT&T - LOCAL - LA | | BAY STAR SATELLITE | | BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC - LA | | BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTH CE | | CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRE | | COLUMBIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., | | COX CABLE NEW ORLEANS, INC. | | E.SPIRE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - BATO | | EATEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | | INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - L | | ITC DELTA COM - LA | | KMC TELECOM III, INC. - LA | | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - LA | | LOUISIANA CGSA INC | | MADISON RIVER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - | | METROCALL | | NETWORK TEL CORP LA | | NEWSOUTH COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - LA | | NEXTEL COMM | | RADIOFONE INC | | SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. | | SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P. - LA | | STRATOS TELECOM, INC. - LA | | TELECORP COMM INC. | | TELIGENT, INC. - LA | | UNIVERSALCOM, INC. | | US LEC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - LA | | VOICESTREAM WIRELESS | | WINSTAR WIRELESS, INC. - LA | | XSPEDIUS CORP | I'm sure that others will be impacted as well. These providers have at least a single NXX within New Orleans. - jared -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.