Reply to post: When storms hit

Openreach consults on shift of 16 MEEELLION phone lines to VoIP by 2025

John Miles

When storms hit

In some places the power can be out for several days - I wonder how long the systems will carry on working. In 2013 storms took out the power where I lived for about 16 hours, virgin phone lines went down an hour later and the local cell tower about 6 hours later IIRC (though was heavy congested before then). Then with smartphones needing to be charged daily how many people will be without any phone after a day?

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