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It is a matter of safety. Given a national crisis, the cellular networks may go down, but the radio will practically always work.
by Fej 10y ago
It is a matter of safety. Given a national crisis, the cellular networks may go down, but the radio will practically always work.
- oceanswave 10y agoIf something takes out the 215,000 cell towers in the us, I wonder if that something will affect the 27,000 FM Radio towers as well - some of which are co located on the same masts. Granted, it's easier to broadcast FM and be received
- ouid 10y agoCell networks can go down for non-structural reasons. Radio has no network load.
- chimeracoder 10y ago> If something takes out the 215,000 cell towers in the us, I wonder if that something will affect the 27,000 FM Radio towers as well - some of which are co located on the same masts. After Hurricane Sandy, all the cell towers in Lower Manhattan were out of service - between my roommate and me, were were unable to get any signal on Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint. Fortunately he had a hand-powered radio (electricity was also out) and we listened to that to determine when it was safe to go out, when the cabs were running, etc.