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		fhdkweig 12 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India's surprise baby bust In the US, cell towers have battery backups so emergency calls can still go through. I imagine most countries do too.
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ssl-3 11 hours ago [–]

My experience in the US is that when the power drops, the cell networks immediately become mostly useless.

I've theorize that they become overburdened by the pocket supercomputers that automatically start using it instead of local wifi.

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