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In reply to the discussion: Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy - horrifying. [View all]obxhead
(8,434 posts)89. Apparently, in this post 9/11 world, we didn't learn one damn thing.
This was supposed to all change after 9/11.
The more things don't change, the more they stay the same.
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In 2008 I supported the primary candidate that was against the mandate for private insurance
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#25
No. But think the point PrMaine was making is that voters share responsibility here.
skinnertest
Nov 2012
#45
DUers are very much aware that there are stupid people who vote based on their own hidden
pacalo
Nov 2012
#60
And that's only because the BP incident was a single, highly visible incident.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#97
But Verizon and others are not racing to the bottom. I haven't seen competitive pricing in a while.
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
Nov 2012
#103
For more than four days, my father and I were cut off from the world during and after The Storm.
no_hypocrisy
Nov 2012
#7
yeah, i was wondering about that. the article made it sound like there were things
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#13
Why am I getting the urge to throw this thing across the room against the wall?
dixiegrrrrl
Nov 2012
#66
that's another thing -- so many radio stations (non-amateur) are now run with
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#17
but a hell of a lot of people don't have them anymore. and i'm not sure it's a given
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
"Old tech" isn't more robust because it is old. It is more robust because it is more robust.
Robb
Nov 2012
#37
if you don't get around much, or are unable to work on the fly, landlines are great.
bettyellen
Nov 2012
#53
Even a generator equipped cell tower doesn't work when the generator's underwater.
hobbit709
Nov 2012
#27
Even a fully powered cell site is functionally dead without backhaul. Communication
retread
Nov 2012
#36
no one I knew in Hoboken had their land line working, but Verizon worked for most and
bettyellen
Nov 2012
#51
AT&T was out for 5 days after Sandy where I live, and I don't have a land line because
firehorse
Nov 2012
#56
large-scale freemarket fuck-ups may eventually swing the pendulum back to the left...
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#76
the most critical period during a disaster is the first few days. are you also on board
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#83
are you saying its free to plug it in and 911 will work? if you don't have an account?
firehorse
Nov 2012
#109
The first sentence is poorly worded. The OP really has little or nothing to do with
retread
Nov 2012
#112
the only thing that changed was americans got more surveillance, more prisons,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#90
did you read the whole thing? they're in court as we speak claiming the government
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#101