The telecommunications services we offer were fortunately not centered in the Gulf coast region so we had little disruption. Our National network ops group had some leased lines that traversed close the affected areas but they remained stable. Besides, we have alternate routes...
It will be interesting to see if network usage goes up as gas prices increase....More companies cut travel telephone usage traditionally goes up....
NeverGore :^)
Thanks for the follow up and clarification. Just as a reminder, in #88 you said: "Plus, I've never taken advantage of my customers during a national crisis."
From the sounds of it you have good reason to not have had to pass along a price increase to your customers. It doesn't sound like you have had to deal with scarcity and reallocation of resources to a disaster area.
As a result, I can conclude that the difference between you and me is that you feel the gas stations are "taking advantage of customers in a crisis" while I feel that a limited resource with supply interruptions are being priced accordingly.
I don't dispute the potential harm to our overall economy, but that is a result of a natural disaster, not necessarily the gas stations.