Re: London incidents

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:49:47PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
> > > All this while I was trying unsuccessfully to use my
> > > mobile to ring the office.
> >
> > Some cell relays were temporarily shut to prevent a remote
> > detonation of additional explosives. Cellular remotes seem
> > to be a favorite of Al Qaeda and others.
>
> UK Government officials deny they shutdown any cell phone service.

My personal experience, with the last few disasters, is that cell 'phone
services tend to shut themselves down in the affected areas.  Sort of a
natural feedback type of thing.  ;-]

-- 
Joe Yao
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