In spite of the fact that Cell phones are the most modern form of communication, the basics of the cell phone is based on age old wireless technology. This fact has been proven time and again, especially during the times of natural calamities like earthquakes, storms and hurricanes like the latest Hurricane Sandy.
Power failures all along the Northeastern coasts has crippled the cellular services of almost all major carriers.?Hurricane Sandy has forced a shutdown of almost 20% of the cell towers of all major carriers in 10 states. This has caused the crippling of the cellular services and millions of lost calls.
Progress has been slow and authorities are struggling to start the stalled cellular services. The FCC or the Federal Communication Commission which is the regulatory authority of the cellular services in the US has released a statement informing that work has been started on a war footing to make the cell service towers operational and the number of towers not working has been brought down from 25% to 20%. More than 20% of the wired broadband and cable television services have been stalled.
According to the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski ?The crisis is not over and over all, the condition of our communications networks is improving, but serious outages remain, particularly in New York, New Jersey, and other hard-hit areas. Julius Genachowski. The FCC continues to expect the unexpected.?
Mr. Genachowski or the F.C.C. and the mobile phone companies were not able to say how long it would take to restore full service right now.
Almost 6% of Verizon Wireless cell sites are down in the storm affected areas although according to a statement from Verizon Wireless, it?s switching and data centers are functioning normally. T-Mobile issued a Roughly 20 percent of T-Mobile network in New York City was out of service, as was up to 10 percent of its network in Washington. AT&T and T-Mobile in a statement said that consumers in the affected areas of New York and New Jersey would be able to use the networks of both companies, decreasing the likelihood of failed calls.
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This tech savvy girl from New York is currently pursuing her masters in computer science in LA, CA. She has been writing reviews and articles for different web sites for the last six years and she is the chief-editor here. She has a in depth knowledge of all the gadgets and apps available.
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