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"Emergency Calls Only"

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limitgov Posted: Fri, May 6 2011 11:33 AM

Why does my cellphone sometimes have service (I see several bars), but I see the annoying crossed out phone icon and when I try to call it says "emergency calls only"?

Is that the phone company locking that cell tower or the government?  Or both?

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K.C. Farmer replied on Fri, May 6 2011 2:13 PM

Had that experience with the recent tornadoes through northern Alabama.  I think the service provider can lock folks out.  Might even be some automation involved as the cell towers typically have enough generator power/fuel to run for 24 hours.

Some of the providers, like Sprint and Verizon, were sending out mobile units to keep their networks up.

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