[Hidden-tech] Cell phone towers and power outages

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During one of the storms this week my house lost power for a few minutes,
and I noticed that my cell phone (Verizon network) lost data connection.
Power came back on and the cell data stayed off for a while longer, but I
recall seeing bars indicating there was a cell signal . but I didn't try
making a call.

 

So, a question for the illuminati on HT:  how does the reliability of cell
towers in remote locations during power outages compare with that of copper,
and is the reliability for data similar to that for phone service for each?
During an extended power outage, are towers more likely to be available than
copper, or less?  My recollection from past extended outages was that we did
have cell phone service, but it would be great to have at least a sample of
more than one, if not a white paper about deployed power fault tolerance.

 

Happy summer!

 

Charlie

 

 

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