Since the FCC no longer makes outage reports public, folks will have to
obtain their information from other sources.
The networks in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, Brevard counties appear to
be the most impacted. Cellular had problems due to wireless sites being
without power. The wireless industry brought in 500 new generators in
advance of the hurricane, but needed to wait until the hurricane passed
before sending them out to the cell sites. Miami and Orlando also have
sites down due to power issues and connectivity to local carriers.
The various local access line providers in Florida, Florida has a lot of
tiny LATAs and phone companies, report some access lines are down but
haven't published any counts. Cable networks have the same issues with
local cable service. No reports of damage to telephone central offices or
cable headends.
Due to power outages and local access network problems, bank networks and
cash machines are out of service in most of the affected counties.
No reports of problems to any NAPs, POPs, data centers or fiber trunks.
They generally have permanent generators. So if you have local
connectivity, Internet access is working. Streaming audio/video from
Florida television and radio stations over the Internet did not have any
problems.
Some WiFi providers are once again offering free WiFi service in the
affected counties, if you can reach a working hotspot (with local power
and local network connectivity).
:The networks in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, Brevard counties appear to
:be the most impacted. Cellular had problems due to wireless sites being
:without power. The wireless industry brought in 500 new generators in
:advance of the hurricane, but needed to wait until the hurricane passed
:before sending them out to the cell sites. Miami and Orlando also have
:sites down due to power issues and connectivity to local carriers.
:
:The various local access line providers in Florida, Florida has a lot of
:tiny LATAs and phone companies, report some access lines are down but
:haven't published any counts. Cable networks have the same issues with
:local cable service. No reports of damage to telephone central offices or
:cable headends.
:
:Due to power outages and local access network problems, bank networks and
:cash machines are out of service in most of the affected counties.
:
:No reports of problems to any NAPs, POPs, data centers or fiber trunks.
:They generally have permanent generators. So if you have local
:connectivity, Internet access is working. Streaming audio/video from
:Florida television and radio stations over the Internet did not have any
:problems.
Any details on the status of natural gas lines in FL, and approximately
how many facilities use such for generator power vs diesel?
Natural gas is available in most parts of Florida. Like most utilities,
service continues until disrupted. Once disrupted, repairs follow the
typical priority order (utility, emergency services, television/radio
stations, others). Natural gas pipelines require various compressor
stations throughout the pipeline system.
The Florida governor has issued an order to regulate gas supplies in
the state. It gives emergency workers, military operations and cleanup
crews priority for the next 7 days. The Florida Highway Patrol will
provide escorts for tanker truks. The Florida Department of Environmental
Protection is tasked with coordinating fuel distribution. The US
Environmental Protection Agency has waved certain clean air fuel
forumalation requirements to permit the use of fuel from other states.
Sprint reports 15,000 customers affected in its service areas (generally
central florida). Bell South reports 7596 trouble reports in in its
service areas (generally eastern florida). I haven't seen any numbers
from Verizon yet.
For comparison, after Hurricane Charley 250,000 Sprint customers were
without service according to automated monitoring systems, and 25,000
Verizon customers were without service.
Wireless/Cellular (from Florida's EOC website)
Cingular: 93% of normal
AT&T(Ft. Lauderdale/Miami): 82%
AT&T(Ft. Myers): 97%
AT&T(Daytona Beach) 96%
AT&T(Polk): 97%
AT&T(West Palm Beach): 38%
Nextel: 85%
T-Mobile: 75%
Alltell: 96%
Sprint(Miami): 76%
Sprint(Orlando): 81%
Sprint(Jacksonville): 98%
Sprint(Tampa): 98%
Sprint(Ft. Myers): 98%
Verizon: 85%
The Florida State Emergency Response Team is no longer reporting
carrier or county specific information about the impact of Hurricane
Frances on the telecommunications infrastructure. Only summary
information is being given out.
Wire Line
205,564 customers OUT OF SERVICE in the areas impacted by Hurricane
Frances
Wireless
Average of 70% customers WITH SERVICE in the areas impacted by
Hurricane Frances
County and utility specific information about electric power is
being released. 3,280,252 million customers are without power.
Confirmed fatalities: 3