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A guy I knew back in Florida- him & his wife text each other 20,000+ times per month. If there's a tiny crisis add 50% to the total.
When they were buying a house it was close to 50,000 text for a couple of months.
You can talk to him and he'll give very short replies- look at his phone and text. He doesn't remember a single thing anyone around him says- it's like he wasn't even there.

Come on man, he needed to check with her to make sure his balls were still safe in her purse.

My first thought was a system hack by the chicoms as some kind of test run. Our own gubment is also a good possibility.

I guess nobody saw the prediction that a huge solar flare would probably disrupt electronic communications this week, huh?

It was a faulty software upgrade on the AT&T side according to AT&T. It also affected more than iPhones. I know in our area it was also Android phones. All of them were down until about noon.

If my phone was out yesterday , that might explain why I didn't get a bunch of spam calls... I was kind of nice. My son said the DOJ, FBI is looking into it... However, if anything that is found out would hurt Joe Biden,, they would just lie about it anyway..

I saw it and there were numerous other systems down that they claim would not go down from a solar ejection. Im not an expert by any means, so just sharing what Ive read

If we don't have people that love America running things soon, things will collapse.

Foreign computer hackers can do about anything. They have already shut down programs and connections used by pharmacies.

Can you imagine millions of Americans that take medication to survive being cut off? You can build a fire if the power goes out. If people can't get heart medication they have no options.

I get by with a plain old style flip phone. I don't want a 'Smart' Phone... it isn't very smart to have one in my opinion.

People ask how I find directions then? Same way I did before we ever had anything like a "Smart' Phone...

If my phone is down due to a system failure, I'm not really out that much.

If we have a national disaster, I can at least still function, because I came from a world before 'Smart' Phones existed.

I don't have a 'Smart' Phone, due to the way everyone else is dependent on them. Its probably the worst "DRUG" our society is addicted too.

A customer texts me with a question, I call them back.. NOT send them a text. A call is personal, a text is just robotic.

LOOK OUT !

LOOK OUT !


The sky is falling...

Yep
It was nice and quiet at the house yesterday[none of the wife's cousins calling her per normal], we had a pleasant morning with our coffee before work.

And we both somehow were able to make it to work without incident even though GPS wasn't an option.

Many businesses rely heavily on cell phones to communicate with their employees; crews on the job, drivers, customers. When the tower goes out in this valley, and it does several times a year, our alarm systems go down which means someone gets to stay at the farm to watch for trouble and I’ve got to communicate with customers and the office via email from the house. Not the end of the world, but disruptive.

A lot of ELDs use the AT&T network for telematics. Lots of drivers yesterday left without an ELD that was usable, to include GPS.

The modern dependence on technology is a travesty. This little incident just shows how you could easily cripple a nation.

Affected me none what so ever, I don’t own one of the useless contraptions.

Looked like the outage was confined to a few areas. Didn't effect my area. Time without cell service is quality time, enjoy!!

Looks like all the illegals, they show on the news, have one. If those sob's were hurting so badly, or seeking asylum, you'd think they would be crossing the border in rags.

BOOM!

What's the difference between reading on paper and on a screen? Information transfer is just that, regardless of method - is it not?

I mean, pamphlets during the 18th century, not full books or newspapers - I'd assume to appeal to what they felt were shortening attention spans and likely the cost of printing. But none the less - information transfer.

This is te first I've heard of it. I was at my gunsmiths yesterday ordering a barrel for a donor I just bought.