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Just Make Sure Everything's Charged Up
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A lot of people lost their landline telephone service due to Hurricane Sandy, and Verizon is pushing regulators to allow it to replace the old lines with wireless service, sort of a tethered cell phone. It's just too expensive for them to reinstall and maintain copper wiring, they say. But we've seen problems with running out of battery power and not having an alternative with digital telephone service, and the question is whether wireless can truly be a lifeline service. Sure, a lot of people are cutting the cord and using only cell phones, but should that decision be made for the customer or should the customer making it for himself or herself? (New York Times)
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