Fwd: Low-tech phones triumph.....

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:57:43 -0400
From: Paul Levy <PLEVY () citizen org>
Subject: Low-tech phones triumph.....
To: dave () farber net


Interesting article in today's Washington Post about how cell phones
aren't coping as well as landlines with the effects of Hurricane
Isabel:


Traditional Phones Gain New Respect
Power Failures Cut Cell Signals

By Christopher Stern and Yuki Noguchi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, September 20, 2003; Page E01

It wasn't until yesterday morning that Margaret L. Sullivan began to
have second thoughts about getting rid of her old plug-in-the-wall
telephone and becoming completely dependent on her mobile phone at her
Falls Church apartment..........

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37299-2003Sep19.html

Paul Alan Levy
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 588-1000
http://www.citizen.org/litigation/litigation.html 

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