Temporary Pender outage – 02/16/2022

The local power company has posted an update that their planned power outage on Pender Island would continue into today.  Power should be restored by 5 pm this evening, at which point all affected connections on Saturna Island should resume normally.

Temporary Pender outage – 02/15/2022

Electrical work on Pender Island is affecting one of our broadcast towers that serves southern Saturna Island.  The power company anticipates completing this work by 5 pm.  All connectivity should resume automatically when the power is restored.

Saturna restored/Temporary fix for backbone connection – 02/01/2022

Connectivity has been restored at our local broadcast point on Saturna. We are currently running on a backup connection for our link that serves western Orcas, Saturna, and Waldron.  The hardware restoration did not go we had hoped, and we have ordered replacement parts; until they arrive we will remain on the backup connection.  This […]

Network status for Orcas, Saturna, and Waldron – 01/29/2022

Yesterday we suffered a weather-related equipment failure at a main broadcast point on Orcas that serves parts of Orcas, Saturna, and Waldron.  We are currently operating on a backup link while replacement parts are ordered and the damaged is repaired.  Service should have resumed normally for the affected areas.  Please notify our office if you […]

All Service Restored – 01/07/2022

All access points are operational.  If your devices are still unable to get out to a server, please contact our office at support@orcasonline.com or 360-376-4124.

Outage Updates Saturna & Orcas 01/07/2022

Power has been restored to East Point and all of our broadcasters are back online. Our broadcaster at the Ferry Landing has stopped passing traffic.  Our technicians are currently checking for the problem.