Katrina response, private and public

Wed Jan 20 18:33:48 UTC 2010

On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Max Larson Henry wrote:

>> 
>> "Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the service provider that runs
>> the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) submarine cable system
>> linking to Haiti, reported that service has been disrupted as a result of
>> the earthquake that struck the Port-au-Prince area."
> 
> 
> - The Teleco Facility that receive the fiber is completely broken (dust) but
> must of the Technicians are alive and in Port au Prince
> 
There's an article on the subject in today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005453223257096.html -- not sure if it's behind the paywall or not.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb