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Originally Posted by Realwild-Terry
I also want to add that After getting hammered by hurricane wilma here in Hollywoodd , FLA I have no faith in Bellsouth or Cable modems any more . IT has taken them over 2 weeks so far to do anything . If it wasnt for direct tv I would be stuck without out internet or television . The power company was on it but for communications , to have a land line down for 2 weeks is just un heard of ..Doesnt everyone agree ? All the due dates for Cable modems and Dsl are Dec . 8th ..
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When I was there last year, for whatever the storm was that went through just north of WPB, after a few days I called the cable company to see when I would have service back. There answer was that they could not begin to check the lines until FPL had power on and to call them if my power came on but alas their was no phone service to call them. You have to realize you have no one to rely on but yourself.
I'm assuming the cellular internet works much like text messages because even when the cell coverage was minimal to nill you could send text messages. I could care less about phone service but I do need net access. A generator to charge laptop batteries and cellular internet access would be fine. Nice to see you went that route and it is working for you.
You should also petition your state govt and federal govt to force FPL to burry their lines. If they did you would rarely lose power but they view it as "too expensive" to do. If they had done it when people wanted them to in the beginning this would not be an issue now but they prefer to line their pockets first. Cable and telephone lines should also be burried instead of telephone poles. Aside from the practicality of burrying the lines I think it would have a vast aesthetic appeal too.