Communication outages once again follow power shut-offs in Sonoma County [telecom]

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By Will Schmitt

Ian Sewell wants some accountability.

Sewell, a software manager who lives in Santa Rosa's Skyhawk neighborhood, can't work without internet access. So when PG&E shut off the power to tens of thousands of people in Sonoma County this week, citing forecasts calling for dangerous fire weather, Sewell was sidelined from his job.