To really rub it in, after Hurricane Sandy hit the north east 3 or 4 years ago, ATT said it wasn't realistic to replace the damaged copper[1]. They instead han

To really rub it in, after Hurricane Sandy hit the north east 3 or 4 years ago, ATT said it wasn't realistic to replace the damaged copper[1]. They instead handed out wireless gsm devices that could be plugged into your household phone lines and supply "land line" service. This of course (since GSM is lossy), meant fax machines and many other land line data devices stopped working. ATT didn't care. [1] http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/22/technology/verizon-wireless-sandy/ http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/22/technology/verizon-wireless-...