YES! Mrs B and maybe champagne!

Time to break out the party hats Van😂

Trail Rider - We use Viasat, it is like starlink and has been around longer, haven't had many issues with it lately

Yay! Mrs B!

Woohoo 🎉 Power is back on! And we have wifi. We do have TMobile which has been having issues but the wifi will save us. Oh happy day 😊. And you’re right Van, those linemen were tenacious!

Poor san g cam was snowed over too...

We lost our Cams and Scanner Live Feeds at the top of Goldmine Mountain at about 10:45am or so.... Something went awry!

Ive had verizon for ten years at least, first outage for me, theyre always rock solid...

Verizon seems to be down, anybody else? No phone, no data but i can text. On wifi now...

Hey everyone. Just a heads-up...Verizon wireless crapped out this morning. From Verizon website:

Data, Voice, and Text services are limited.

Our team is working to diagnose and resolve the issue. We’ll share an updated restoration time as soon as possible.

Location
Big Bear City, CA

Network disruption started
02/19/2026 10:56 AM PST

Estimated time to restore service
12 to 14 hours

Network Disruption Detected
Started 02/19/2026 10:56 AM PST

Engineers Diagnosing the issue
Started 02/19/2026 11:26 AM PST

Repairs in progress
Pending

Service restored
Pending

Does anyone use an Ecoflow battery/solar based generator? Wondering what your experience is with it up here on the mountain. Thanks!

we do stream a lot on starlink but just one device at a time usually and it seems to work fine I'm not sure if its the same speed here in the US but we pay for the slowest service.

mike post 9098007270 plowing

Thanks Van, SoCalSnowMan and WX ALERT for the StarLink info

Starlink's a great alternative if you just need it for basic internet and email. Not great if you stream a lot of shows/movies or gaming. The latency isn't as fast as copper or fiber. But it seems to be improving every day. A great option.