FCC commissioners have voted unanimously to approve rules that mandate affected service providers submit Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) reports daily that outline network outages after a disaster and expands the requirement to include cable wireline, wireline and voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers.
SOURCE: Urgent Commuinications
DATE: February 2, 2024
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said that DIRS has existed for more than a decade, but communications providers have provided this “absolutely vital” network-operations status only on a voluntary basis—a situation that can be problematic.
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