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Is the FirstNet network only run by AT&T or by other providers as well?
by epmaybe 6y ago
Is the FirstNet network only run by AT&T or by other providers as well?
- zw123456 6y agoAT&T only. But unclear if that would be effected, that was a wireline C.O., not sure if they also had their wireless switching there, sometimes the wireless and wireline are in different buildings.
- Pocketknife 6y agoThere is fiber to thst building as well. I'm in Cumberland County right now and the towers are down. Wi-Fi calling only. Also no 911 service, which astounds me until I remember it's the government running it. Imagine an emergency response system so fragile cutting power to one building fucks it for half a state? My one man company has better disaster tolerance than the 911 system? Insane.
- zw123456 6y agoThe telcos run the 911 system for the gov. But if the telco building is down then even if 911 was up they couldn't switch the calls through to it. But agree, sounds like a major fubar. A lot of the fiber from the cell towers to the cell switching offices is supplied by the local telco, in this case AT&T. I wonder if the other wireless carriers are effected?
- Sylamore 6y agoFirstNet went down but they brought up a SatCOW to re-enable it in the area immediately around the bombing. That CO hosted lots of PSAP, ESInet and FirstNet gear. Other SatCOWs are being brought online in the area.