[EBH]

cells went down at the Sooners game right after the bomb went off. At the game, it had nothing to do with panic...interesting. It was reported that cell phone communication at the Sooners game didn't work until after the 3rd quarter and they all came back up at the same time. It had nothing to do with overloaded squat...it appears the cells were taken down.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

EBH, my husband has been in this industry for 22 years - he said there may have been an overload problem, since that happens all the time, but there is no way that the Federal Government stopped all cell calls in that area. And there is no way the carriers would have agreed to turn off power to their sites - that would be a huge amount of money they would lose.

The window for working on a system is set for the lowest usage times possible to keep from losing money - and that is from 11pm to 5am.

During the hurricane (Rita) evacuation, our cell phones wouldn't work either - because of the overload on the system. Occasionally we could get a call through, but not often. The systems are set for usual and customary usage, and a packed stadium would exceed that.