On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 08:59:14 -0400, George wrote:

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They had a massive ice storm the winter before
last and the power was off for 4 days. He said they lost AT&T cell
coverage very shortly after the power went off. VZW stayed up because
they fit each site with lots of battery and a generator.

It was like that here during hurricane Ike. Power was off for 5 days.
AT&T cell phones didn't work but Verizon (both cell and landline) did.
Also, cable phone (Suddenlink) was off after 4 hours (backup battery
lasted that long).

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