Re: FCC: DIRS activated for providers in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* sean () donelan com (Sean Donelan) [Mon 10 Oct 2016, 19:25 CEST]:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has activated its Disaster 
> > Information Reporting System (DIRS) in response to Hurricane Matthew.
>
> The FCC is now requesting daily reports. The FCC has also expanded 
> the area it requests reports, including North Carolina, South 
> Carolina and Virginia.
>
> Of course, DIRS is "voluntary." There doesn't seem to be any benefit 
> for communication providers. DIRS doesn't appear to improve or speed 
> up any disaster recovery efforts.

Mandatory timed status reports rarely do


        -- Niels.