WHEN in need isn’t it wonderful when big
business can come to the rescue of the man
in the street? Please, put your hands together
for CommScope.
At a time when people were suffering
because of the tornados which killed many
and left large swathes of the country in
turmoil, the company ensured fiber optic
and co-axial cable, as well as humanitarian
aid, reached Joplin, Missouri, to allow Cable
One to install communication networks in
the devastated area.
Because of the deliveries, communications
were being restored just 48 hours after the
tornado had swept through the city leaving
more than 100 people dead and hundreds
more injured.
Any available space on the trucks was filled
with humanitarian aid for delivery to people
in those areas worse affected.
Not surprisingly the company have been
rewarded for their efforts with a special public
service award from CableFAX magazine.
There are no suitable words to describe
heartbreak and destruction the people of
the city suffered; gratitude costs so little and,
in this case, has never been more deserved.
David Bell
Editor
#03
EDITOR
wiredInUSA - September 2011
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