[Scan-DC] Carriers Deny Cell Shutdown Following Boston Bombings

[Jeff Kettell]

   I am glad some one brought this up and figured it out. As much as the 
media wants to
believe it is like a television show or movie, there is no way any cell 
company would be
able to be that cognitive and have the capability to "shut down" an entire 
city. Its just amazing
that in today's media ...there is no fact checking any more..Oh wait-- it 
was on Twitter and Facebook.
It must be true...Just a case of overload within the site.
Jeff    Boston

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From: "Bruce Harper" <brucebharper at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:51 PM
To: "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Carriers Deny Cell Shutdown Following Boston Bombings

> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Cathy wrote:
>
>
> I have a brother who lives a half mile south of the bombing location in
>> Boston.  He was able to call me on his cell phone at 3:21, about 30 
>> minutes
>> after the explosions.  He said he had been trying before that but 
>> couldn't
>> make a call.  Sounds to me like overloaded towers more than any attempt 
>> to
>> suppress calling.
>>
>
> Been there, have seen that, six years ago today when it all hit the fan
> here at Virginia Tech. Once the police secured Norris Hall and rescue
> squads entered the building, radio traffic was in the open. But when
> someone doing triage reported "30 black" further discussions went to cell
> phone -- for a short while. The landlines and cell services couldn't 
> handle
> the volume of traffic that hit all at once as people on campus called (or
> tried to) to let parents and family know they were OK and worried parents
> called their children to check on their status. This was before text
> messaging was the more prevalent way to communicate. It was a number of
> hours before things quieted down enough for people to be able to
> communicate again. One of the more chilling things that the first
> responders don't talk much about was working through the aftermath and
> hearing the repeated ringing of cell phones from backpacks left behind.
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg