Will Sandy Lead To Repeat Of Verizon Fiasco?

When the Derecho Storm hit Northern Virginia last summer, around 2.3 million people lost access to telephone and other communication services, including access to the 911 emergency system.  Now that hurricane Sandy, aka “Frankenstorm” is on track to wreak havoc on the region, some are wondering whether they will lose phone service again.

 The Fairfax City Patch (10/27) reports that Verizon is claiming to be much better prepared for the coming mega-storm than it was when the Derecho hit.  In an interview with Patch, Verizon spokesman Harry Mitchell said that the company was prepared to “respond to anything that comes up.”




We’ll see about that Verizon…