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During 9/11 the phones where jammed throughout all of Manhattan. The only way I could get ahold of anyone was via IM and email. The internet kept working. The phone circuits were overloaded. IM was a far better better medium to check the status of friends and families.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/
Admittedly, I never find myself in that situation. But hey, it would also be a very popular installation at Burning Man, and I can imagine myself in that situation.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/
As an aside, has anyone noticed how similar their logo is to the Women's Network logo? http://www.wnetwork.com/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/
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Two Internet cafes came back up about a week ago. No coffee (no water service yet) but had their hotspot hardware running off a generator.

The first couple days after the storm, people were trying to walk/bike/drive around looking for "spots" of cell phone coverage and making calls, but once the initial shock wore off, a public AP would have come in very handy... but not for $80k]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/14/the-wanderpod-satellite-internet-and-wifi-for-disasters/
Thank you in advance,
Paul Pazzaglini
President
P&L International, Inc.
704.843.4991]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM