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[email protected] Subscribe • Advertise Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Volume 9 | Issue 171 Carriers Work to Restore Network Connectivity in Wake of Ida’s Power Outages Carriers have been working since before Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast to ensure network resiliency, pre-staging assets like generators and fuel, for example. Here’s an update on where things stood as of yesterday in Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the Category 4 hurricane, plus Mississippi and Alabama. AT&T AT&T said its wireless network was operating at “more than 85 percent of normal” in Louisiana and the carrier will continue to make repairs as quickly and as safely as possible. That compares to Monday, when AT&T said its Louisiana wireless network was operating at “60 percent of normal,” and it had “significant” outages in New Orleans and Baton Rouge because of power outages, flooding and storm damage. Key network facilities went offline Sunday night and some remained inaccessible Monday. The wireless network in Alabama was operating normally and Mississippi was experiencing “minimal impacts” to its wireless service. All of its wireline facilities were online, although many are running on backup power. “We are deploying additional generators and refueling them as needed,” said AT&T in its daily update. Continue Reading Louisiana’s Tallest Tower is No Longer That Hurricane Ida has left its mark across Louisiana but, in passing, made sure it took what is reported to be the tallest tower in the state with it.