Putnam County Storm Outage Report Highlights Internet Gaps for Local Businesses

An award-winning managed IT provider is breaking down the events of the Putnam County storm outage and the business continuity lessons local enterprises can glean from it.

New Windsor, United States, September 28, 2026 /PressCable/ -- Award-winning IT services provider Fisch Solutions has published a new expert piece, written by its president, Jason Fisch, examining the July 2026 fiber outage in Putnam County and the business continuity gaps it exposed for small businesses in Carmel, Mahopac, and surrounding communities.

More information is available at https://fischsolutions.com/putnam-county-storm-outage-carmel-mahopac-business-continuity/

A representative from the managed IT and cybersecurity firm explained that the piece was prompted by what the outage revealed rather than the outage itself. “A fire on Route 311 took out the county’s primary fiber connection for approximately 25 hours,” a Fisch Solutions spokesperson said. “For most businesses, that meant point-of-sale systems went down, phones stopped working, cloud software became unreachable, and email disappeared.”

“The outage did not discriminate; it hit every business that had a single point of failure and no plan for what comes next,” they added.

The Fisch Solutions spokesperson further noted that one detail from the event stands out as a clear lesson for local business owners. Putnam County’s public-safety radio system remained operational throughout the outage because it was designed from the outset not to depend on the same infrastructure that failed. The article argues that the same principle should be applied to small businesses’ IT environments.

The article addresses four practical decisions Putnam County business owners can make to avoid a similar outcome when a storm or fiber cut disrupts connectivity in the region. Among them is establishing a second internet path through a different provider or physical network route, allowing systems to automatically fail over when the primary connection is lost. The piece also examines phone systems that can reroute calls to mobile devices when an office network becomes unavailable.

A business continuity readiness checklist is also provided to help owners assess their current preparations.

For Putnam County businesses looking to address the gaps exposed by the outage, Fisch Solutions has been helping Hudson Valley companies build similar resilience well before the July 5 incident made the issue more urgent.

“Business owners should treat the July 5 outage as a rehearsal, not a one-off event. The next interruption could last longer or happen alongside a ransomware attack, power failure, or severe weather,” added the spokesperson.

Fisch Solutions is a Hudson Valley managed IT and cybersecurity firm serving manufacturers, healthcare organizations, law firms, government agencies, and other businesses since 2006.

Those who wish to know more may visit https://fischsolutions.com/

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