An entity claiming to be Joseph S D Yao (jsdy@center.osis.gov) wrote: : : On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:49:47PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: : > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: : > > > All this while I was trying unsuccessfully to use my : > > > mobile to ring the office. : > > : > > Some cell relays were temporarily shut to prevent a remote : > > detonation of additional explosives. Cellular remotes seem : > > to be a favorite of Al Qaeda and others. : > : > UK Government officials deny they shutdown any cell phone service. : : My personal experience, with the last few disasters, is that cell 'phone : services tend to shut themselves down in the affected areas. Sort of a : natural feedback type of thing. ;-] : I heard it was a feature called Catastrophic Response Adaptive SHutdown. Mark -- [] | [] Mark Rogaski | I think there is a world market [] wendigo@pobox.com | for maybe five computers. [] mrogaski@cpan.org | --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 [] |