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Network Overload: Happy New Year, Your Text Message Has Failed

An AP newswire article by Deepti Hajela, via ABC News, reports that:

Millions and millions of messages did get through New Year's Eve, and a minor delay in a holiday wish is hardly the end of the world. But there have been multiple occasions in recent years when getting in touch with loved ones was more vital the Sept. 11 attacks, the 2003 blackout, Hurricane Katrina.

"What happens where there is an emergency?" asked Scott Midkiff, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. "This has been a big problem with the voice cellular system. It will probably become more of a problem with text messaging."

posted by Fergie @ 1/04/2008 07:39:00 PM