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America's 9-‐1-‐1 System Our Emergency Lifeline
Is Now Being Eroded
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The Erosion of 9-‐1-‐1
Loss of E-‐911 locaAon informaAon
Unraveling of network redundancy
Neglect of legacy physical plant
IntroducAon of new technologies
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2014 Mendocino Fiber OpAc Outage
No Service for 20% of County Residents 45 Hour Outage 9-‐1-‐1 & Reverse 9-‐1-‐1 Unavailable Major Wildfire OperaAons Impacted Economic Losses of more than $1 Million ExisAng Redundant Fiber Was Not Used
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Fiber Outages Across the NaAon
FCC: 487 Fiber Outages in 2014
Up more than Double from the 221 Fiber Outages in 2010
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Telecommunica+ons Policy Standards for Congressional Considera+on
Make Public Safety the Top Priority
Address Network Vulnerability
Keep Our CiAzens Informed