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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

  • Maui county filed a lawsuit against major cell carriers, alleging negligence in reporting widespread outages, impacting disaster response.
  • County issued 14 evacuation alerts to residents, highlighting the severity of the situation.
  • All 21 cell towers in West Maui failed during the outage, emphasizing the extent of the communication breakdown.
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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer’s deadly wildfire

15 days ago·London, United Kingdom
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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials

15 days ago·United States
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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer’s deadly wildfire

15 days ago·United States
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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer’s deadly wildfire. The county is suing Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Spectrum Mobile and AT&T. The county says it sent at least 14 alert messages to cellphones, warning residents to evacuate. But the county didn’t know those messages weren’t…

15 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States
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Maui suing cellphone carriers over alerts it says people never got about deadly wildfires

A lawsuit says if emergency responders had known about widespread cellphone outages during the deadly Maui wildfires, they would've used other methods to warn about the disaster.

14 days ago
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Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer’s deadly wildfire. The county is suing Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Spectrum Mobile and AT&T. The county says it sent at least 14 alert messages to cellphones, warning residents to evacuate. But the county didn’t know those messages weren’t…

15 days ago·Panama City, United States
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