How to Keep Communicating When Cell Service Fails by Art Yonemoto
How to Keep Communicating When Cell Service Fails
Turn your smartphone into a node in a peer-to-peer communications network, and keep the conversation flowing.
The recent tragic events of the North Bay fires in California and Hurricane Maria's devastation in Puerto Rico highlight issues that arise when cell towers go down. In the aftermath of these disasters, we heard many stories about the difficulties of finding people in the affected areas.
North Bay fire reports initially placed the number of missing people at more than 1,000. With 77 cell towers out of commission, people didn't have the ability to reach out for help or just to say they were safe. For several days, friends and loved ones experienced tremendous anxiety as they tried reaching their parents, siblings, children, and others. Cell service has since been restored, and fortunately most of the missing people were eventually accounted for and safe.
Art Yonemoto is President of Yonemoto & Associates. He has been conducting Telecom (Landline and Wireless) audits for 21 years...
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