Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: kaufman@neon.stanford.edu (Marc T. Kaufman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Bay Area Earthquake Phone Service Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 04:15:25 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: "Marc T. Kaufman" Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 465, message 4 of 8 In article dennisb@pdx.mentor.com (Dennis Brophy) writes: > How does the phone service work during an earthquake? Right now (9pm, Thursday 10/19), I can call ALMOST everywhere, including San Francisco, which was inaccessable from Woodside (also in 415) until this morning. The only place I can't currently reach is Los Gatos, which is GTE. Santa Cruz never went away. I don't know how I'll be able to tell when Los Gatos is back, since this is one of GTE's worst service areas even without an earthquake. :-) My wife is currently out of state, and she has more trouble reaching me than I have reaching her. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)