Meeker off the air

The ISP that supplies the W0/Meeker site took a direct hit at the tower that supplies the internet service to the site. Here is a bulletin from the ISP.

Dear Wireless Subscribers:

On Tuesday, June 17, 2019 lightening struck the Rio Blanco County Broadband Pollard tower during an intense storm. The damage to the tower knocked out the internet service from the tower. This tower supplies internet to the Marvine tower so it was also disabled. This affected internet service to residences and businesses up County Road 8 east of Meeker. We apologize for the inconvenience but please know the Rio Blanc o CountyCommunications Department is working diligently to get service restored as quickly as possible.

Below is correspondence we received from Cody Crooks, the Rio Blanco County Director of Communications regarding the issue.

“After replacing the needed parts to get the other components to power on, we found that the lightning strike was very catastrophic and has damaged several other components. We have a tower expert coming tomorrow morning to climb the tower and inspect the entire DC plant ,as well as all equipment on the tower for any other damages. Once this has been completed, we will have the additional needed parts ordered and delivered as soon as possible. We apologize for the delay and understand the importance of getting the network operational, and are working as quickly as possible to resolve the issues created by mother nature. Thank you for your patience.”