S. blackout That left millions of people without access to electricity in Spain In Portugal Last Monday (28) reinforced use StarlinkSatellite telecommunications service led by Elon Musk, With standard numbers.
According to the data analyzed by the newspaper Financial times35 % use of technology has increased more than average in both countries. In Spain alone, the search for Starlink 60 % of the average of Tuesday (29), amid the challenges of restructuring the energy network.
Data is provided by OKla Consulting Company. According to information, the quality of the MUSK satellite network coverage lost quality with increased research, but it did not intersect the lack of wide energy on the Iberian Peninsula.
Despite the resource used in the event of an emergency last week, Financial times It indicates that Starlink is unable to provide wide coverage to serve millions in a similar blackout, as users need enough energy on their devices to reach the service.
Electric Red, the Electricity Operator in Spain, said he does not know the exact reason for the interruption of operations. For experts, blackout was the result of the company’s inability to manage the largest solar energy source.
Electric red excluded an electronic attack as a reason, but the Spanish Supreme Court said that The investigation will open to determine because.
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro SanchezHe said on Tuesday that even if Red Electric has excluded an electronic attack on his systems, this does not mean that one cannot happen.
The company said that it had identified two cases of loss of power generation, and perhaps solar plants in southwestern Spain, which caused instability in the electrical system and led to the interruption of its interruption with France. Electrical system collapsed, It affects Spanish and Portuguese systems.
The consistency of the network fell to half of its regular service on Monday, when thousands of mobile antennas were damaged in Spain due to the lack of energy.
“Many people tried to reach a few resources. So, during the recovery stage, it was difficult to install the connection,” explained to Financial times Claudio Vandrino, researcher at the IMDEA Network Institute in Madrid.
Vodafone, Spain, said that the generators were already operating in 70 % of their units in Spain after a blackout. Telefónica has already reported that it has given the priority of emergency services and hospital service, and that 95 % of the level network has been restored for a little more than 24 hours of the accident.
Despite the consequences of the widespread decline in energy, OKLA reported that more countries other than Spain and Portugal do not have a “large presence” for battery reserve generators in the mobile network.
Luke Keho of Owokla said that Spanish and Portuguese telecom companies are working with “very narrow margins” due to the very low prices.
In the UK, the newspaper reported that an Offcom’s survey showed that in cases of short energy discounts, thirty of the country can make emergency calls for at least an hour.
*With information from Reuters
