Hello John and Doves,
One certainly does not want to ask, "What else could possibly go wrong?"Due to rolling brownouts, out right blackouts due to lack of a power source...or the purposeful take down of the electric grid by a cyber attack or explosives at key equipment locations...people may face mobile network blackouts."Telecoms industry officials say they fear a severe winter will put Europe's telecoms infrastructure to the test, forcing companies and governments to try to mitigate the impact. Currently there are not enough back-up systems in many European countries to handle widespread power cuts, four telecoms executives said, raising the prospect of mobile phone outages. European Union countries, including France, Sweden and Germany, are trying to ensure communications can continue even if power cuts end up exhausting back-up batteries installed on the thousands of cellular antennas spread across their territory.""Europe has nearly half a million telecom towers and most of them have battery backups that last around 30 minutes to run the mobile antennas."France is looking at worst case scenarios of "two hours" of power cuts."Deutch Telekom will use mobile emergency power systems which mainly rely on diesel in the event of prolonged power failures.""Accustomed to uninterrupted power supply for decades, European countries usually do not have generators backing up power for longer durations."Some countries do not have the money for batteries, upgrades, big generators, etc. Or they may not be able to get what they need now due to supply demands/supply chain issues.And winter is fast approaching.Not having the ability to contact to family, friends, etc, for any length of time can be quite stressful and isolating. People like staying 'close' through mobile networks. Definitely something to be aware of before a blackout happens.Maranatha!Chance