Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Why New Orleans Cell Phones Aren't Working - You might want to change your number. By Daniel Engber

Why New Orleans Cell Phones Aren't Working - You might want to change your number. By Daniel Engber: "Why New Orleans Cell Phones Aren't Working
You might want to change your number.
By Daniel Engber
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, at 3:47 PM PT


Adding to residents' woes is a lack of cell service
Cellular service disruptions along the Gulf Coast have made communication even more difficult for the million people who lost their landlines to Hurricane Katrina. Mobiles are unusable in many of the flooded areas. And some New Orleans residents who got out of the city have reported problems using their cell phones, even in regions that Katrina left unscathed. Why have cell phones been so affected by the flood?"

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