Internet access down across Florida areas hit by Hurricane Ian

Areas of the Florida’s southwest coast were experiencing widespread cellphone and internet outages on Thursday after getting battered by Hurricane Ian,

Areas of the Florida’s southwest coast were experiencing widespread cellphone and internet outages on Thursday after getting battered by Hurricane Ian, according to federal watchdogs and private companies that monitor connectivity.

More than half a million Floridians had lost their landline telephone, home internet, cable services or some combination of those, according to a status report Thursday from the Federal Communications Commission on the damage to Florida’s telecommunications services.

About 11% of cellphone towers across the state were out of service, the report found. It’s particularly bad in four counties — Charlotte, Hardee, Henry, and Lee — where more than 60% of towers were not functioning.

Even though the storm has passed Florida, telecommunications providers rely on local power providers to keep running. While they may temporarily rely on backup generators in emergency situations, those will eventually run out of fuel.

According to Poweroutage.us, a website that tracks live power data from many but not all American utilities companies, more than 2.6 million Floridians had no power as of Thursday afternoon.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-access-florida-areas-hit-hurricane-ian-rcna49981


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