Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most – what happened and how do we fix it?
- Written by Ulrich Speidel, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Auckland
Without power or phone coverage, some communities resorted to more traditional forms of communication.Getty ImagesModern communication systems need two main things: power, and what engineers call “backhaul”, the connections that link cell towers and exchanges to the national network. When Cyclone Gabrielle struck, both were badly...
