{"id":24393,"date":"2026-06-22T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/?p=24393"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:17","slug":"preferred-outage-notification-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/preferred-outage-notification-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Preferred Outage Notification Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"container block acf\/is-content-wrap theme- pt-lg pb-lg\">\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n        <div class=\"col-xl-8 cms-styles\">\n            \n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Should anyone be surprised that the tried-and-true telephone, be it a landline or a mobile, remains the most popular means by which a customer prefers to be notified of a service outage from a telecommunications provider? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the 11th Annual Rural Subscriber Study, which surveyed over 800 rural consumers, a majority prefer to be notified of service provider outages via text message or phone call. The most interesting finding in the data was that a larger percentage of individuals aged 55 and older preferred text notifications compared to those in the 18-54 age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11-1024x508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11-1024x508.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11-768x381.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.innovsys.com\/innovsys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VC_6-26_11.jpeg 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there is an appetite for mobile apps from BSPs, the data doesn&#8217;t currently support much interest in adoption. This low mobile app usage was also noted in the notifications section for installs, new products, and marketing promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Would you like a free copy of the report?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js-na2.hsforms.net\/forms\/embed\/v2.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  hbspt.forms.create({\n    portalId: \"40179149\",\n    formId: \"a4ca7792-b29c-4a3b-ad94-261332739322\",\n    region: \"na2\"\n  });\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"is-type":[16,23],"market":[20,21,22,19],"class_list":["post-24393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","type-articles","type-news","market-cable-mso","market-municipalities","market-power-utility","market-telecommunications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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