Verizon delivers connectivity to Houston-area communities, first responders during Hurricane Beryl
Verizon’s network was ready as Hurricane Beryl descended upon the Houston area earlier this week. All of Verizon’s macro cell sites, which provide large area coverage, have backup battery power, and ninety percent of Verizon’s macro cell sites in the Houston market have backup generator power, meaning that even as millions of people lost electricity, Verizon was able to quickly restore connectivity to nearly all of its customers. “We know our customers rely on us, which is why we make investments to ready our network for even the most extreme conditions,” said Sandra Loughridge, Associate VP of Network Engineering at Verizon. “Our team has been working around the clock to harden our networks ahead of landfall and to keep our customers and first responders connected in the days since.”
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