Using Servato Battery Management Technology, United is embracing a new standard for how rural broadband can ensure that the Internet is Always On

What did America look like at the turn of the 20th Century? It was an age of advancement, and the most important feature was the emerging middle class, which fueled the labor supply for the Industrial Revolution creating new markets in military goods, manufacturing, travel, and leisure. Teddy Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act in 1906, helping to protect National Landmarks. Technological advances included the phonograph, light bulb, machine gun, air conditioning, airplanes, and drip brew coffee. Progress was on the march, but it was leaving populations behind. Children worked arduous jobs earning a couple of dollars a day if they were lucky. Women could still not vote. 

The recent influx of cold weather patterns caused all 50 states to experience some level of snowfall this past week. La Niña, the Polar Jet Stream, typically brings drier, warmer weather to the majority of the southern continental states. However, several rounds of cold fronts caused the blanketing that now leaves about a quarter of the United States with snow. 

Servato announced our SPS-248 two weeks ago to the delight of many of our customers. The new product makes deploying remote battery management to their sites easier and cheaper than ever before. Our engineering department responded to years of customer feedback and input by producing a product that addresses our customer's needs for (n+1) redundancy and much more.

It is not news to anyone how record-breaking storms, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, caused torrential damage to the southeastern United States. Most estimates for Hurricane Harvey set the nation’s economy back by $100 billion or as high as $190 billion predicted by Dr. Joel Myers of AccuWeather. Each hurricane’s warpath leaves a trail of infrastructural debris, but the impact extends well beyond the economics. Families lost loved ones, homes leveled to nothing, and small businesses left without a market to serve. The quicker these local economies can get back to working order, the lesser the effects will linger on a national and global level as well. Communication networks need to be reinstated to realize this success.