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Verizon Drops 10,000 911 Calls During Blizzard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-hear-me-n dept.

mschaffer noted a Bloomberg piece saying "US regulators said Verizon Communications Inc.'s networks may have dropped a 'truly alarming' number of wireless emergency calls during a snow storm last month, and asked the carrier to investigate." The article says 10,000 calls failed to connect during one blizzard. Can't wait to see what all those AT&T migrators think.

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  1. Re:/. News Network by Even+on+Slashdot+FOE · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Then the cables need to be immune to the fiber-seeking backhoe. Also, environmentalists would much rather accept a large amount of pollution later to prevent a small amount of pollution now.