On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:49 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: > (Oh, and something else I have learned from friends who still work at > AT&T: In a widespread disaster, your cell phone isn't going to work > either, because of the way the wireless infrastructure works ... or > rather, won't work under those circumstances. Text messaging *may* > work, but no one guarantees that either...
Absolutely -- when there was a relatively minor earthquake in L.A. during the work day a while back, the first reaction of many of my coworkers was to 1) evacuate the building, and 2) attempt to use their cell phones to call to check on their kids and/or significant others. 1) was not a good idea, and 2) didn't work; no one could get a call through. I've since joined the company emergency response team, which officially empowers me to yell at people during earthquakes. -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
