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

[Marcel]

It's all in the trunk DDI

Jeffrey Embry wrote:

> 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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