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With one caveat: Cell towers aren't mandated to stay up in an extended power outage, unlike landlines. They have battery backups, but once those fail, it's a q
by tjohns 11y ago
With one caveat: Cell towers aren't mandated to stay up in an extended power outage, unlike landlines.
They have battery backups, but once those fail, it's a question of whether the phone company can hook up a generator in time. (Some towers in large metros have permanent generators, but not all.)
- heartbreak 11y agoNot just large metros, either. I live in a < 100,000 city and have seen the failover generators outside of the building at the base of several towers. I'd imagine they're not on every tower or even any tower in rural areas given the added expense.