alt Hacker Newswhen there is a power outage it is most likely that the cell towers are down, too
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btilly • yesterday at 3:22 PM
Most power outages are local, not regional. And cellphone towers will work at a surprising distance.
Therefore my experience has been that cellphones tend to remain up, even though the power is down.
fhdkweig • yesterday at 3:21 PM
In the US, cell towers have battery backups so emergency calls can still go through. I imagine most countries do too.
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Cell phone towers and communication systems have backup power for emergency communication during power outages.
If you have backup power for your router and ONT/Modem, you should also still have internet service during a power outage. The ISP-owned ONT for a place I lived had a little lead-acid battery attached to it, and during power outages I still had internet service.