Discussion on Post-Earthquake Power & Communications in Puerto Rico

Wed Jan 8 00:12:48 UTC 2020

Puerto Rico Internet exchange is 100% fully operational

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com> wrote:

> May be of interest, posted on the Startups of Puerto Rico Slack channel
> earlier today:
>
> Marcos Cruz [4:41 AM]
> I hope everyone is well, Noob question: Does anyone know for how long do
> the power plants of cell towers run on diesel?
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden: [8:03 AM]
> I spoke with my parents in Carolina, and they have been without power
> since 4am
> [8:03 AM]
> Sprint towers are down, but AT&T towers are running.
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden: [8:23 AM]
> I'm part of the volunteer team at the ITDRC and I am on the ITDRC Slack
> channel.
> We already have many volunteers in Puerto Rico. Should you need
> communications help, please send me a private message, and I'll forward it
> to them. https://itdrc.org/ (edited)
>
> M Pilar  [9:24 AM]
> ~24h in urban zones ~48h in other zones, but if they are large towers they
> also have batteries that last 1-8h
>
> Ariel Zavala [9:32 AM]
> What ISPs are up right now?
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden:  [9:39 AM]
> Right now Liberty and WorldNet are being brought up.
> :+1:1
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden:  [9:41 AM]
> Liberty in some places and not others, after that they return to ATT LTE
>
> Matt Van  [10:35 AM]
> Optico is up
> :heavy_check_mark:2
>
> Tomas Irizarry [10:48 AM]
> @mikerostx dude ITDRC sounds super interesting. Do you know if there is
> anything like a mobile datacenter where a community could set up a WAN for
> services/communication?
>
> Tomas Irizarry [10:48 AM]
> in the event private networks are down
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden: [10:53 AM]
> replied to a thread:
> @mikerostx dude ITDRC sounds super interesting. Do you know if there is
> anything like a mobile datacenter where a community could set up a WAN for
> services/communication?
> We (ITDRC) have volunteers with boots on the ground in Puerto Rico. @Ruth
> Silva is one of a dozen or more people there working on these efforts.
>
> Tomas Irizarry [10:55 AM]
> Thats amazing. I dont know what I can contribute but I’ll join and see
> where I can . (edited)
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden: [10:57 AM]
> Always plenty of ways to contribute and have corporations volunteer their
> employees to help those in need. :wink:
>
> Tomas Irizarry [10:57 AM]
> actually..
> [10:57 AM]
> now that you bring that up
> [10:58 AM]
> we’re actually in the middle of deciding what non-profits to disburse our
> donation fund to
> [10:58 AM]
> let me check what the process is and I’ll put in ITDRC for discussion
>
> Mike Rosado:house_with_garden: [10:59 AM]
> When Maria hit :flag-pr: , I was deployed for several weeks to help out.
> Trust me, there's plenty to contribute and do. :wink:
>
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