California doesn’t require backup power for landline or wireless service, leaving many phone customers cut off as wildfires rage and blackouts persist
Dayslong power outages in California are revealing an inconvenient fact about modern phones: When the electricity goes out, so do they.
Power shutdowns in the state meant to prevent further fire risk have cut power to some cell towers, as well as to cable providers that sell home voice services along with television programming and internet access. The shutdowns have left hundreds of thousands of customers cut off from emergency alerts, loved ones and in some cases, access to 911.
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