{"id":55231,"date":"2022-09-29T03:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=55231"},"modified":"2022-09-29T03:32:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:32:08","slug":"are-you-having-trouble-contacting-people-in-sw-florida-after-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/09\/are-you-having-trouble-contacting-people-in-sw-florida-after-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you having trouble contacting people in SW Florida after Ian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Internet connectivity drastically went down Wednesday afternoon in southwest Florida as Hurricane Ian closed in on the area, according to an organization that tracks network disruptions across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It collapsed across several cities \u2014 with some showing 0% connectivity in the evening, Isik Mater, director of research at NetBlocks said Wednesday evening. The cities of LaBelle, Longboat Key, and Saint James City had no connectivity as of 8 p.m., NetBlocks says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Other cities like Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples, Northport, Englewood, and Port Charlotte were at 10% or less. Lehigh Acres had 16%, Nakomis had 21% and Sarasota had 23%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mater told the Miami Herald this could have likely affected residents\u2019 ability to communicate by phone or social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SW Florida firefighters salvage life-saving tools from flooding caused by Ian \u201cThe metric primarily represents fixed-line internet connectivity although it reflects landline phone and cellular service to some extent,\u201d she said. \u201cThe low figures tell us many in the impacted areas will find it difficult to communicate at present. The fall in connectivity is gradual which tells us that this isn\u2019t just a case of telecommunication companies collapsing, but of homes and communications lines being inundated and damaged or destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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