"The map works by tracking when Ting-connected devices lose power. It promises instant notifications when the power goes out and when it comes back on, down to the neighborhood. It's true that most power companies offer alerts, but at least for mine, alerts can be delayed. My outage notifications come within 10 minutes, but my restoration alerts sometimes come more than an hour after the lights are back on."
"Since the map is based on Ting devices, it might not be 100% accurate. When I downloaded the app for myself, Ting alerted me that the closest power outage was 162 miles away -- two states and about a three-hour drive. When I checked my power provider's outage map, there were several dozen outages in my state and four within 30 miles. A few hours later, Ting showed an outage 54 miles away."
Ting offers a free, live, hyper-local power outage map that anyone can use without owning a device. The map detects outages by monitoring when Ting-connected sensors lose power and sends instant notifications for outages and restorations down to the neighborhood level. Ting reports that 95% of US homes have a Ting sensor within a mile. Power company alerts can be delayed or unavailable, which makes faster, device-based notifications potentially valuable. The map's accuracy depends on the distribution of Ting devices, and sensors without outages are not shown, so coverage may be incomplete.
Read at ZDNET
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