Exactly Bob. Cell phone service has a certain load rate expectation. These load rates are exceeded in many situations. It happened during 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, some storms in the south east, etc. I remember that the batteries in the local trunk boxes were really tall, the reason being that over time lead-acid batteries slough off some of the lead from the plates, eventually shorting the plates and rendering the battery useless. By making them tall, the batteries had an exceptional lifespan. I always wanted to put one of those in my car! hehe
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > I miss the days when Ma Bell had batteries in every office to keep the > phones working. > 15 years ago the exchange the office was on had a fire and went out of > service. > The majority cell phone provider was overloaded and useless, no connectvity. > Something to think about. > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yep. Your public utility probably has an app for that. My electricity >> provider, DTE Energy, posts updates as work progresses. The app allows >> reporting of an outage, bill paying and more. Another app offered by the >> utility monitors electricity usage in real time via the smart meter and >> provides billing info as well. The neatest part of it all: a tool that >> enables measurement of an appliances kilowatt demand by holding an iPhone >> next to the power cord. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Oct 7, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:39 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> One of the things they suggested was that if it DOES go off, I should >>>> consult their web site to find out the extent of the outage. I'll make >>>> sure to check, JUST AS SOON AS THE POWER COMES BACK ON! >>> >>> Smartphones, dude. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
