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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:39 AM Original message |
Our Cell phones quit Immediately in the San Diego power outage: |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. billing computers probably went offline, so they shut the system down - gotta vacuum them $$$ .... |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Billing "computers" don't work like that but I can explain how they do if you would like? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. My husband used to work for a company that made software |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Mine worked the whole time. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. Land lines have batteries in the boxes and maintain power for days. |
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jemsan (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. My landline worked intermittently as did my cell phone.. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Had a similar experience in NY after the earthquake. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. that's a tad odd, normally the phone lines should stay up unless the lines are damaged. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Landline smandline it needs electricity to work also. Who told you |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. yes, 50 VDC tone, 90 VDC ring, 10 VDC in use. Batteries implies they need electricity. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. There is a lot of wire in those hills. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. hmmm well that's some cool new info. Oh, if the sub doesn't move, it sinks. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Lol yea I guess not. I was a radio relay and microwave |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Silent we still run the reactor. PITA to start and stop it. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. It's a question of how big the batteries are. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Telephone central offices have big batteries and standby generators. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bet it had more to do with the lines being overloaded than lack of electricity |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Exactly, the towers were working, but they were overloaded |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. guess those smartphones ain't so smart, eh? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. ._.. ... ._.. |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. My neighbor is an old Navy ham: Howard Dixon |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. 73's to you |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Good. Because when the power is out the city's multimillion dollar trunking system... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Locally they are on an 800 system with independent power |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. You need every part of the infrastructure to work in a power outage. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Power outages can be deadly |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. The EMS and hospitals took care of that |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. Call and ask your cell company to refund you for that day missed. |
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JayhawkSD (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. My phones worked fine |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. But you'll need an old fashioned corded phone for your landline to work |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's what I have. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Electrical power is needed to operate cell phones? I thought they used radio waves or something? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It's all done with Magnets |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's why I keep one land line and one old-fashioned wall phone |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yep, same here |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why we have a wall phone |
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