This may have been covered here last fall at the time of Katrina or perhaps even before, but the topic came up for us recently as we're doing some Disaster Recovery planning and I didn't recall the answer.
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Is it true that roaming cell phones can't work independently of resources in the home market? I would have assumed that the databases they need to refer to make outgoing calls (and perhaps the ones for inbound calls to be redirected to them in another market) wouldn't be centralized in the phone's home market, but be located elsewhere. For instance, perhaps Verizon Wireless would have one or more of these database resources around its coverage area, not one for each home market where it's prone to damage in a disaster.
Pointers appreciated!
Lee Sweet Datatel, Inc. Senior Telephony and Communications Specialist How higher education does business.
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