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Re:Life in an Internet Shutdown by icebraining on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:57AM (#20865076)
Nope: solar panels, gas generators, even handcranked chargers are enough to keep a cellphone going.
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Re:Life in an Internet Shutdown by TeMPOraL on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:11AM (#20865137)
But not a cellphone tower. Not covertly. And if cell towers are down, cellphones are useless.
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Re:Life in an Internet Shutdown by icebraining on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @07:07AM (#20865376)
> if cell towers are down, cellphones are useless.

The thread on the front page about HK shows that's not true.

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