an_old_friend wrote:
) prove Len correct

text messaging system are there plugging allong with the hams

You seem to indicate that text messages can magically access the system
when voice cannot. If you can't access the network for voice you can't
access it for text messages either. The only reason they are using text
messaging, where they can get a signal which is very spotty, is because
text is sent in small packets thus saving batteries and ties up the
network less.

"Mobile-phone providers said their service was *severely limited*, at
best, in New Orleans and along the Mississippi coast, and they
encouraged people to use text messages instead of making voice calls.
Text messages are sent in small "packets" of data, using less bandwidth
to get through overloaded lines more easily."

If the cell network is down, so is text messaging.