I remember the same happened on September 11.
And it seems to happen every time there's a disaster...
Which makes me wonder - why don't they stick to radios?
You do know cell phones are radios
And it seems to happen every time there’s a disaster...
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and that’s why I keep a land line.
I can’t call across town in Houston.
That same landline call call my cellphone.
I am having no other problems making calls today.
But that one number I get 2 rings and then “all circuits are busy”.
Everyone else I’ve contacted can call that number.
Cellphone technology and towers are not entirely reliable at times like these.
We sure do rely on our technology though. Cell phones, GPS.
Probably all those people uploading selfies of themselves with the eclipse in the background. . . a guy I know went to Oregon to see the eclipse and all he brought back was pictures of his family on the beach watching the eclipse. He was so busy taking pictures he missed the totality trying to get everybody to look at the camera. Idiot.
Next time you are in that situation, try text messages instead. Text uses much less bandwidth and usually works when voice fails.
You are correct. 9/11 and more recently the Boston bombing have demonstrated the fragility of commercial cellular. Despite being identified as necessary for essential communications, public safety rf spectrum is constantly being squeezed by demand for more commercial spectrum.
What? I never heard that.