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We had a small snow fall in Raleigh area today and with folks getting off work early and schools letting out early, Cingular's cell
service basically stopped for 2 hours.
Coincidence? I hope. And maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'm worried that Cingular and all the other providers have been selling
phones and plans with reckless abandon without providing sufficient capacity for emergencies.
AM I being paranoid? If we had a minor or major emergency would cell service get so overloaded that it would stop working in many
areas? Is there any govt authority that is overseeing this or are we in a free market? Cause if the latter, since cell phones for
some folks are only means of communication, we are gonna be in a mess some day.
We had a small snow fall in Raleigh area today and with folks getting off work early and schools letting out early, Cingular's cell
service basically stopped for 2 hours.
Coincidence? I hope. And maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'm worried that Cingular and all the other providers have been selling
phones and plans with reckless abandon without providing sufficient capacity for emergencies.
AM I being paranoid? If we had a minor or major emergency would cell service get so overloaded that it would stop working in many
areas? Is there any govt authority that is overseeing this or are we in a free market? Cause if the latter, since cell phones for
some folks are only means of communication, we are gonna be in a mess some day.