[EAS] Lacking Common Sense...

[Adrienne Abbott]

>As usual, Shakespeare said it best, and it certainly applies to Congressional hearings like this:

>>...a poor player
>>That struts and frets his hour lupon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
>>Signifying nothing...
Adrienne 


On Jul 5, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Bill Ruck <ruck at lns.com> wrote:

>The FCC has authority over telephone companies and cell companies.

>At least for land lines those operating companies are required to
>submit reports of outages.

>Keep in mind when the FCC required 8 hours of battery for cell sites
>the cell companies sued and won.  That allows them to have little
>battery backup.

>Congress, as always, is looking for something to grab public notice.

>Bill Ruck
>Curmudgeon
>San Francisco