On 11/3/2012 10:55 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
Yes, that's true. Some New Yorkers though (myself included), did not lose
landline dial tone because our local CO was OK, and local calls still went
through.
Of course most local and long distance traffic that went through the huge
Verizon multi-CO building at 140 West St. was not unavailable, but strangely the
old AT&T Bell System lines to the 201 area code from the original 212 area code
were still operating the whole time. I was able to make calls to 201 during the
first 2 weeks even though I couldn't make any other long distance calls.
The consequences of cost being the only criteria to
make or build things today. It used to be that quality
was also a concern. Now it's always "tradeoffs", which
is code for "lowest cost".
Peter
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On Oct 31, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
But the CO's still have backup generators, usually well supplied
and regularly tested, at least in my experience. I have *never*
lost land-line service even in the area-wide blackouts of the past
4 decades here in the northeast US. I never lost it throughout
this hurricane emergency either.
Peter------------SNIP
Peter:
Back in 2001 (9/11) to be specific. Land lines were shut down due to
other big volume (at least in Chicago).
You could get a dial tone but thats about all.
Ed
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