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T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-samaritan-or-just-good-publicity dept.

lilrowdy18 writes "Eweek reports that T-Mobile is offering free Wi-Fi to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. This relief will be free until Sept 2 and an evaluation will be done to see if it will continue after that. The hot spots are only available to residents of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and does not include phone service. The article also includes a link to a map of T-Mobile hotspots. At least we can use some form of communication to get in touch with loved ones."

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  1. Wow, I didn't think it could be done... by HalfOfOne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know, I have T-mobile. Just about the only thing worse than having all of your worldly possessions ripped away from you in an instant would be the ability to call someone you love and say

    "Hey Mom...I just wanted to say... ..HELLO? ARE YOU THERE?
    YOU'RE CUTTING IN AND OUT
    HELLO?
    *click*"

    Followed by the call to T-mo customer service:

    "Hello, here's my info,
    umm, no I can't call you from a land line.
    Yes, I'll hold.
    Hello, here's my information.
    No, I don't have anything but this phone.
    Yes, I'll hold.
    Hello?
    *click*"

    Congrats, they just found a way to make it worse.

  2. Speaking of which... by sootman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...the mayor of Biloxi said "This is our tsunami." WTF?!? I know there's lots of lost property, but 56 lives versus 200,000-plus? Hell, there were a thousand times more known dead in the first two days after last year's tsunami. I think he just won the Lifetime Insensetive Clod award. Or maybe he meant to say "This is our tsunami, except with 4,000 times* less loss of life since we had days of warning."

    * do the math, that's not an exaggeration.

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