Bridge Collapse

[tw]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

About two hours after the collapse the phone lines jammed up so I couldn't get ahold of people and I'm sure many worried family members and friends couldn't get through either which probably scared many people. Not a good situation.

Land lines and mobiles? Or just cell phones?

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by tw

Land lines and mobiles? Or just cell phones?

All I know is that the cell phones were jammed.

[tw]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

All I know is that the cell phones were jammed.

I read an article that discussed this. It took a few hours for Cingular and another cell phone company to setup emergency response cells meaning that cells were overloaded in the vicinity of that bridge collapse for two hours.

Meanwhile, I have been saying this for a long time. Why do you use and setup text messaging in your phone? So many older friends cannot be bothered. But when disaster strikes, only text messaging is remains reliable.

The report went on to suggest land line traffic was heavy. It was not stated whether land lines were overloaded - that fast dialing tone.

Curiously, the article suggested that Nextel users did not have the access problems that others were suffering. Do Twin City residents not heavily use Sprint Nextel?