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Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav

Posted on | August 30, 2008 |

This is a nice technique for cell phone companies, they’re getting ready (getting a back up) in case hurricane Gustav will create some damage on their telecommunication lines.

That’s what I called, “prevention is better than cure”. Don’t you think? :-) But seriously, I hope this hurricane will just go away and would not cause anymore harm :-( , let’s help pray for that because right now, they raised the level of alarm to level 4.

The hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country’s wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks. Sprint Nextel Corp. spokeswoman Stephanie Vinge-Walsh said the company’s Emergency Response Team, with trucks that can act as cell towers, was “caravaning down, military-style,” to the Gulf Coast on Friday.

Verizon Wireless has spent $137 million in the past year on enhancing its network in the Gulf Coast area, including doubling its capacity at regional switching centers to handle a barrage of calls when disaster strikes. “Certainly there were lessons to be learned from Katrina,” Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Gretchen LeJeune said. “Preparation for bad weather has been at the top of mind and we prepare for it all year.”

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