"Hello, is this Headquarters? we need urgent assista"......
"Hello, this is Headquarters, thank you for your call, you are in a queue"... "You are.... No 15...... in the queue, we are experiencing heavy traffic at the moment, but your call is important to us, please hold and we will answer your call as soon as possible"
"Hello, this is Headquarters, thank you for your call, you are in a queue"... "You are.... No 15...... in the queue, we are experiencing heavy traffic............................"
Are they going to pick up the cell phones bill?
I thought one of the problems when 911 happened was the networks all collapsed under the sheer weight of the calls being attempted. So i take it they will have mobile masts available.
From Wiki
After the attack, the cell phone network of New York City was rapidly overloaded (a
mass call event) as traffic doubled over normal levels. Cell phone traffic also overloaded across the East Coast, leading to crashes of the cell phone network.
Verizon's downtown wire phone service was interrupted for days and weeks because of cut subscriber cables, and to the
140 West Street exchange being shut for days. Capacity between
Brooklyn and
Manhattan was also diminished by cut trunk cables.
Following the attacks, the issues with the cell network weren't resolved until 36 cellular
COWs (cell towers on wheels) were deployed by September 14, 2001, in
Lower Manhattan to support the U.S.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and provide critical phone service to rescue and recovery workers.