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America's 911 System Our Emergency Lifeline Is Now Being Eroded

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Page 1: Randal Stuart MacDonald - Telecommunications Network Resiliency Briefing for Congressional Staff “The Erosion of America’s 91-1 System”

America's  9-­‐1-­‐1  System  Our  Emergency  Lifeline  

Is  Now  Being  Eroded  

Page 2: Randal Stuart MacDonald - Telecommunications Network Resiliency Briefing for Congressional Staff “The Erosion of America’s 91-1 System”

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  

Page 3: Randal Stuart MacDonald - Telecommunications Network Resiliency Briefing for Congressional Staff “The Erosion of America’s 91-1 System”

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  

Page 4: Randal Stuart MacDonald - Telecommunications Network Resiliency Briefing for Congressional Staff “The Erosion of America’s 91-1 System”

Fiber  Outages  Across  the  NaAon  

FCC:  487  Fiber  Outages  in  2014  

Up  more  than  Double  from  the    221  Fiber  Outages  in  2010  

Page 5: Randal Stuart MacDonald - Telecommunications Network Resiliency Briefing for Congressional Staff “The Erosion of America’s 91-1 System”

Telecommunica+ons  Policy  Standards  for  Congressional  Considera+on  

Make  Public  Safety  the  Top  Priority  

Address  Network  Vulnerability  

Keep  Our  CiAzens  Informed