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Yesterday, <a href="https://ql.mediasilo.com/#ql/59a73367e4b0b55905b47c40/ec1edd79-9041-419b-a5a1-45a0d480164a">AT&amp;T deployed a fleet of 46 drones</a> to inspect areas in South Texas that have been impacted.</p><p>The key goals for the deployment were to check out all the towers, determine the network impact and ensure that customers continue to be able to speak to their loved ones.  A total of 26 drones were sent the day before, prior to sending out the 46 drones yesterday.  AT&amp;T has an additional 58 drones on standby if needed.</p><p><strong><em>See Also:</em></strong> <a href="https://readwrite.com/2017/07/28/amazon-drone-recommendations-dl1/"><em>Amazon&#8217;s drones will tell you when your house needs work</em></a></p><p>In natural disaster situations such as this one, drones can often be utilized to inspect areas that aren’t accessible to cars or trucks due to flooding. The use of drones allows for quicker access to these inaccessible areas that could not be inspected otherwise. They can also see parts of the towers that people can’t reach when climbing or see from observing from the ground level.  They also speed up the inspection process of towers overall, because more towers can be studied in a shorter amount of time, freeing up time for making repairs.</p><p><a href="http://about.att.com/inside_connections_blog/hurricane_harvey">AT&amp;T</a> said “Drones can take HD video and photos of a cell site, giving us a birds’ eye view of the tower. This offers high-quality visuals of equipment, components, and cabling so our engineers can remotely view cell sites safely from the ground – all in real time.”</p><h2>Further help in the works</h2><p>In addition to the two flights of drones, AT&amp;T plans to deploy 2 Satellite Cell on Wheels (Sat COLTS) to Beaumont, TX.  These will be joining additional assets that are already in place.  AT&amp;T is planning to send 12 more to assist customers and first responders located in that area, due to the second landfall of Tropical Storm Harvey.</p><p>Customers who live in these impacted areas will be receiving credits for extra data, voice and text charges, and prepaid credits for extra voice and text charges from the company.</p><p>Follow this link to see drone footage shared by AT&amp;T:  <a href="https://ql.mediasilo.com/#ql/59a73367e4b0b55905b47c40/ec1edd79-9041-419b-a5a1-45a0d480164a">https://ql.mediasilo.com/#ql/59a73367e4b0b55905b47c40/ec1edd79-9041-419b-a5a1-45a0d480164a</a></p></section><div class="share"> <a data-sumome-share-id="1c607513-c2e2-4ed0-a421-00ee5550b1ec" data-sumome-share-text="AT&#038;T unleashes drones to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief"></a></div><footer class="article-footer"><p class="tags"><span class="tags-title">Tags:</span> <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/att/" rel="tag">AT&amp;T</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/climate-change/" rel="tag">climate change</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/drones/" rel="tag">drones</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/featured/" rel="tag">featured</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/hurricane-harvey/" rel="tag">Hurricane Harvey</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/internet-of-things/" rel="tag">Internet of Things</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/iot/" rel="tag">IoT</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/natural-disaster/" rel="tag">natural disaster</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/smart-cities/" rel="tag">Smart Cities</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/smart-city/" rel="tag">smart city</a>, <a href="https://readwrite.com/tag/top/" rel="tag">top</a></p></footer><div id="wpdevar_comment_1" style="width:100%;text-align:left;"> <span style="padding: 10px;font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#ffffff;">Facebook Comments</span><div class="fb-comments" data-href="https://readwrite.com/2017/09/01/att-sends-drones-to-aid-in-disaster-relief/" data-order-by="social" data-numposts="5" data-width="100%" style="display:block;"></div></div></article><div class="rw-related-posts"><h2 class="cat-header">Related Posts</h2><div class="row archive-grid grid-cat scroll"><div class="small-12 columns panel"><article id="post-99333" class="post-99333 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ai tag-ai tag-artificial-intelligence tag-baidu tag-beijing tag-china tag-featured tag-google-204 tag-machine-learning tag-top wp-sticky"><section class="featured-image media-object"><div class="media-object-section"> <a href="https://readwrite.com/2017/09/07/google-ai-china-al1/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://15809-presscdn-0-93-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/google-china-ai-e1504810187254-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image" alt="google-china-ai" srcset="https://15809-presscdn-0-93-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/google-china-ai-e1504810187254-150x150.jpg 150w, https://15809-presscdn-0-93-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/google-china-ai-e1504810187254-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a></div><header class="article-header media-object-section"><h2 class="title"><a href="https://readwrite.com/2017/09/07/google-ai-china-al1/">Google hiring artificial intelligence talent in China despite being banned</a></h2><h2 class="Post-blurb"><p>Google is building an artificial intelligence team in Beijing, China, despite having its search engine and mobile app store banned in the country. 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