[Scan-DC] what communications devices work in emergencies?

[Jeffrey Embry]

Don't know the relevance, but during 9/11 I took my
Verizon Cell phone and manually kicked it into analog
and had absolutely no problem calling my relatives to
let them know I was okay (since I work at Pentagon)



On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Andrew Leyden wrote:

> 
> I guess this is tangentially related to the subject,
> but during 9-11 
> my cellphone (Verizon) has the same problem getting
out
> to local and 
> long distance calls as most other phones.  However, I
> did find one 
> way around this problem.  The 1-800-CALL-ATT number
was
> fine.  I 
> could dial it and then call local & national without a
> problem, even 
> in the heat of the attacks.
> 
> This isn't an advert for AT&T, as I imagine many of
> those other 800- 
> numbers were probably working too. I guess the trunk
> lines to the 
> 800- were different than those to local and national
> long distance.
> 
> Still, something worth remembering in these difficult
> times should we 
> find ourselves in another tough phone situation.
> -- 
> Andrew Leyden
> CEO, PenguinRadio
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