The old land line telephones were also subject to this kind of
over-saturation as well. You just didn't have to worry about where you
were going to recharge your cellphone battery if the power was off for a
couple of weeks. If you couldn't get through, you could try again in a
few minutes & keep trying until you finally completed your call.
On 10/7/2016 11:38 AM, Gonz wrote:
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.
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