FCC chairman Ajit Pai has released a statement criticizing wireless carriers for being slow to restore service in areas affected by Hurricane Michael. The FCC says that the Category 4 hurricane, which devastated parts of the Florida Panhandle, has knocked out internet and cell service for up to 300,000 households. The hurricane made landfall last Wednesday on October 10th, and as of today, customers for Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T are still experiencing outages in some areas.
Pai is joining Florida Gov. Rick Scott in calling for carriers to waive monthly bills for affected customers and to allow them to “change carriers without penalty.” (These days most consumers aren’t under service contracts, so that’s a bit of a moot point.) Pay is...
from The Verge - Mobile Posts https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/16/17986510/hurricane-michael-fcc-ajit-pai-verizon-att-tmobile-sprint-recovery
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