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Blake Farenthold: My concern with that--and as we saw in the earthquake up here--the cell phone network, especially in a time of disaster…

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
My concern with that--and as we saw in the earthquake up here--the cell phone network, especially in a time of disaster, is substantially more fragile than we would like to believe.

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Farenthold raises concerns about the reliability of cell phone networks during disasters.

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