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As cell phone service has grown reliable and more widely available, many households have given up their landline telephones. Today, about two-thirds of younger Americans use cell phones only, and about 40 percent of households overall have given up landlines. ...

When there’s a disaster or a long-term power outage, you need backup communication. During Hurricane Katrina, more than 70 percent of cell towers went down — and stayed down for weeks. The truth is that cell phone communication is very ...

Communicating during an emergency may be essential not only for survival, but to help locate loved ones and garner news about an unfolding scenario. Cell phone signals and Internet access are typically the first “services” to cease operating during either ...