October 25, 2012

BTC - Gearing Up For Hurricane Sandy

BTC is preparing to open its Hurricane Command Center as early as Thursday morning in order to monitor its telecommunications network around the country.

BTC’s Hurricane Preparedness Committee activated the Hurricane Preparedness Plan earlier in the week, and began preparations nationwide to try and secure its network.

The company will begin ceasing operations at various locations as early as Thursday Morning.

Offices in the South East and Central Bahamas – which includes Inagua, Mayguana, Crooked Island, Acklins and Ragged Island, as well as  Exuma, Cat Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador and Long Island.

Those locations will remain closed through Friday.

Offices and Retail stores in the North West Bahamas - which includes Grand Bahama, Bimini, Abaco, The Berry Islands, Andros, Eleuthera and New Providence - will close from Noon on Thursday October 25th and remain closed on Friday October 26th.

The contact center – CALL BTC – 225-5282 – will remain opened with an emergency staff to deal with all emergencies and reports of outages.

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