* s...@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.
