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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy
15 Nov 2012 After
Hurricane Sandy, survivors needed, in addition to safety and power, the ability
to communicate. Yet in parts of New York City, mobile communications services
were knocked out for days.
The problem? The companies that provide them had
successfully resisted Federal Communications Commission calls to make emergency
preparations, leaving New Yorkers to rely on the carriers' voluntary efforts.
We
have so far heard few details about why the companies made the particular
business choices they did on backup power and what the consequences of those
choices were, because the FCC has been blocked from asking --
even though about a third of people rely on mobile service as their only
voice-communications connection. READ MORE
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