Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: siegman@sierra.stanford.edu (Anthony E. Siegman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Earthquake Phone Service Message-ID: Date: 22 Oct 89 00:22:32 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: "Anthony E. Siegman" Organization: Stanford University Lines: 6 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 467, message 3 of 5 A not totally trivial point is that the quake shook a lot of handsets off their receivers (or should that be the other way round?). Anyway, this can cut off phone service to a lot of residences and offices even without real physical damage, especially if you have a lot of phones and don't realize this has happened. Also, you can't use any of the phones 'til you get 'em all back on hook.