On my previous post, I’ve written about the way some of US wireless carriers had took to overcome the impact of Hurricane Gustav over their networks. Well, amongst those four carriers, only T-Mobile did not give their answer yet. But thankfully, it seems that The Boy Genius has revealed this issue on their blog. Bravo BGR!
Here are the list of what this German-based company will do to prepare themselves for the great Gustav attack.
- Mobilized all necessary resources to restore service to its customers and emergency first-responders if its cell sites are affected by the storm.
- The T-Mobile Incident Command Team stands ready at the Birmingham Command Center and at locations throughout the Southeast and in Texas to mobilize teams of technicians and engineers as soon as post-hurricane conditions permit.
- In the event of widespread power outages, T-Mobile has thousands of gallons of fuel accessible and ready-to-roll into the affected areas to power cell site generators and company repair/transport vehicles, and for other emergency circumstances.
- To help protect its core network, T-Mobile is fortifying its network switch operations serving the Gulf Coast – including its switch in the New Orleans market, which remained operational through Hurricane Katrina, as well as in Mobile, Ala.
- T-Mobile has several Cells-On-Wheels (COWs) pre-staged in neighboring markets to move in and provide additional wireless communications capacity in the hardest-hit areas.
- T-Mobile will monitor evacuation efforts and routes, and will take steps to increase wireless capacity in those areas as customers move inland.
Well, based on that plan, I guess that T-mobile has been ready to prepare for anything that could happen through this year hurricane attack. Sure, because if they don’t do it then their 28 million customers must be in such a great doubt to stick with its service.
Source: BGR
