Hurricane Irma continues to rage in Florida, leaving more and more people are in critical conditions. It was another example of the fact that municipal and state services are not always able to be quite effective at the right time. Based on these findings, a democratic Senator from new York Chuck Schumer proposes to adopt a new law that would have obliged the mobile operators to work with users of other mobile operators during natural disasters. We are talking about situations where one mobile network is gone, but the range is another mobile operator that can provide the user with the emergency call.
Schumer said the idea came to him after service cellular stopped working in new York during hurricane sandy. People should have the ability to communicate in emergency situations, the Senator said.
«When buildings collapse and break power lines, mobile services also suffer,» said Schumer told reporters. «When someone is stuck, and the mobile connection was gone — the man can’t seek help. And this is an emergency».
The bill also proposes to introduce a service hot-line 911 through Wi-Fi.
Unfortunately, the Senator proposed the bill has not received the approval of the Senate, although the House of representatives supported it. However, Schumer is not going to stop and will re-raise a disturbing question in Congress.
