Guest: Ookla CSO Chip Strange
Hurricanes hit the East Coast of the US particularly hard this year and caused extensive damage to telecommunications networks. In North Carolina, nearly 80% of cell sites in the disaster area were out of service on September 28 after Hurricane Helene hit, and about 40% were out of service for the affected areas in Tennessee.
Downdetector, a service by Ookla that tracks network outages, was a resource the telecom industry and consumers turned to to keep up with network disruptions during hurricane season.
"Downdetector is our near real-time application that … provides consumers with a view into, 'Is there something going on near me or if I am experiencing an issue, what type of issue and I experiencing with a particular operator?'," Chip Strange, Chief Strategy Officer for Ookla, tells Light Reading. "This isn't just about last mile connectivity, it's about the broader Internet itself."
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How Downdetector Tracks Network Outages During Natural Disasters For Country: United States. City: Detroit, Fullerton, Garland, Jersey City, Scottsdale
