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Cellphone Networks Survive Inauguration, Mostly

Posted by timothy on from the ever-more-robust dept.

nandemoari writes "Everybody was talking about Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday morning, and it showed. According to reports, a number of mobile phone networks faced overload circumstances that day until late afternoon, when the chat sessions finally began to dissipate. Having the most trouble that morning appears to have been T-Mobile, and AT&T also had some difficulty that morning."

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  1. All circuits are busy now by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please try first post again later.

  2. Re:Improving networks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't care what the Risk board says, Northern Europe is NOT a country.

  3. Re:Improving networks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    IIRC, when I modded your comment insightful, I was also being sarcastic.