[lbo-talk] Cell Phones during NYC blackout

[J Cullen]

How did people get into hotel rooms that have electronic locks that 
are opened with a card? Did the hotels have backup systems to operate 
during a blackout?


>budge wrote:
>
>>Michael Pollak had written favorably about cell phone
>>performance in NYC during the recent blackout.
>
>He did? But he doesn't have a cell phone, does he? My cell phone - 
>AT&T Wireless - was worthless, and most people I saw on the street 
>had similar experiences. I saw a few Verizon customers happily 
>chatting away, but that's about it.
>
>Doug