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Article #168Re: NEWS: Up to 2 years for even small panel cell antennas to be approved in San Francisco
From: John Navas
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35:22 -0700, in <higgy-ABE0C1.23345229072010@news.announcetech.com>, John Higdon <higgy@kome.com> wrote: >In article <i2sntq$udo$1@news.eternal-september.org>, > sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: > >> In the 1989 Loma Prieta quake the phone system did not collapse. Remember, I >> was working in the call center business at the time. Secondly, 2-way did not >> collapse, either. Now, I'm not making any bets that the trunked systems in >> use now won't collapse since they're dependent on central coordination that >> wasn't needed when simple 2-way was the norm. > >I was in SoCal when the quake hit. I tried for six hours to get through >to ANYONE who could give me the scoop on my radio charges. I was able to >reach NO ONE, including my own home, anyone at any of the stations, any >friends, relatives, or anyone else. No calls would go through, wireless >or wired. > >Yes, the phones failed...whether you were aware of it or not. I ended up >hitting the road about midnight and driving back to the Bay Area. For >all I knew, everything I owned or serviced was destroyed. > >> This didn't happen in Loma Prieta, even though the entirety of SF lost power >> for 36 hours. > >Yes, it did...whether you want to believe it or not. No, it didn't. You may not have been able to call in on whatever systems you were using, but I was able to call out, and was receiving text messages. Perhaps you should broaden your horizons. ;) -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern๏ฟฝs Law of Suspended Judgement]
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