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November 06, 2012

Serious Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy for Telecom Sector

By Ed Silverstein

TMCnet Contributor

There are some important lessons being learned about the Internet and other telecom services when a massive storm strikes – such as last week with Hurricane Sandy.

For example, it’s not a good idea in New York City or elsewhere to have many Internet Service Providers (ISP) concentrated in one local area.

“It was a gamble that didn't pay off for many data center operators and their online customers, thanks to flooding that knocked out power – sometimes along with the backup generators and fuel supply pumps,” reported Brian Proffitt in a recent column on ReadWrite... Read More

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