Hurricane Milton Recovery: Over One Million Still Without Power as Cell Service Restored

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Hurricane Milton Recovery: Over One Million Still Without Power as Cell Service Restored
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Despite Hurricane Milton's departure, Florida faces ongoing challenges. Over one million residents remain without power. While 70% of affected cell sites are operational, restoration efforts continue. The carrier emphasizes the importance of public safety and highlights its support for first responders.

Now that Hurricane Milton has left Florida after spreading death and destruction throughout its path, over one million people are still left without power in the area.. 70% of cell sites that went down due to Milton are now back up and running. That figure is 80% in Polk County after third-party fiber providers had serious damage done to the fiber backhaul cutting off the transfer of signals carrying voice and data from cell towers to the core network.'s crew is done with it.

The mobile assets are being used to support first responders, emergency operations centers, staging areas, and other critical operations. Helping first responders with their recovery operations in the region is theFrontline Crisis Response Team. According to the carrier, the team has"provided 76 solutions to 16 public safety agencies conducting operations across central and western Florida.

Having gone through a week without cellular service myself following a hurricane, I can tell you from that experience that without having your wireless service operating, you feel isolated and cut off from the rest of the country.

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