In article , mm wrote:

I think these are the most reliable too, but feel compelled to give
one opposite example. AFter the World Trade Center was destroyed in
2001, much/most landline phone usage was impossible in NYC, but cell
phones continued to work, well in most cases.

That's exactly backwards. The WTC was home to a number of cellular antennas,
and the cellular service obviously went down when the towers did. Landlines
that were not routed through the towers continued to work.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.