WShoots1 wrote:

The only thing I noticed here in the Houston-Galveston area, this Friday
evening, is that the cell phone systems seem to be overloaded -- clear past
Midnight.

I thought each cell phone relay site had back up power but apparently
not so, judging from last nights experience in the northeast.


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"starman" wrote in message
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I thought each cell phone relay site had back up power but apparently
not so, judging from last nights experience in the northeast.


The problem wasn't with a lack of power for cell sites, it was with overuse.
The system is capable of only about 20% of it's customers using it at one
time. When the power dropped, everyone with a cell phone was trying to call,
like trying to put 10 lbs. of feces into a 3 lb. bucket..

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 19:17:55 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:

time. When the power dropped, everyone with a cell phone was trying to call,
like trying to put 10 lbs. of feces into a 3 lb. bucket..

Excellent analogy, for more reasons than one.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ