In that case, we ham radio operators come in handy....
Paul Braun WD9GCO
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> On Jan 18, 2017, at 18:33, David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 08:39:48PM +0100, Philippe Amard wrote:
>> Emergencies? That's what I have a cellphone for ...
>
>
> During last September's South Australian statewide 'black system' power
> outage event, mobile phones stopped working after 2 hours as the base
> stations ran out of battery.
>
> The other issue with using cellphones in an emergency (at least down
> under) is that in location-routed calls (such as 000/999/911), call
> routing and national networks means that one can end up talking to a
> emergency call centre in another state.
>
> davidt
>
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