NJ faced power outages, cable and internet disruptions for three days after the storm

NJ Board of Public Utilities confirmed disruptions in internet and phone services for three days after the weekend storm cracked trees limb and dismantled the neighborhood power line.

NJ people literally went incommunicado for almost three days owing to storm led power cuts, reports from state Electricity and Communication department confirmed yesterday.
Richard Scott, a 68 year old retired person at Piscataway said in this context that "Fortunately, I got my radio working this morning with some batteries."

Scott shared his experience with news sources over his cell phone which he luckily got charged at his daughter’s place.

Scott said it was ages since he last linked losing cable services to power cuts. He added that his obvious attempt to turn on the internet also turned futile during the past three days.

NJ faced cable communwication problems owing to power cuts
More than half a million people in New Jersey suffered power cuts for three consecutive days, including yesterday. Innumerable homes were left without phone, internet, television and other service, as per the data collected by the Board of Public Utilities.

Major Cable operators like Verizon FIOs, Cablevision, Comcast and Time Warner Cable responded to the bulk of customer grievances and blamed power outage as the reason behind the disruption of their services.

Meanwhile, Comcast’s spokeswoman, Alisha Martin, explained, "It appears that the vast majority of issues are directly related to commercial power outages and, for most people, service should be restored as power comes back on in their homes." Cablevision spokesman Jim Maiella also attributed the service interruptions to the loss of electric service.

Time Warner data also claimed that 6,000 from 7,500 Bergen County customers, without power, were resorted to the neighborhood generators to deal with power outages.