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Major cellphone outage reported in New York
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| 8/10/06
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Posted on 08/10/2006 10:21:29 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: EQAndyBuzz
How close is the Empire State building to Queens?
"They want to build an empire," Ahmadinejad said of the Americans
That statement sticks with me for some reason.
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:39:07 AM PDT
by
quack
To: shortstop
Ahem...
LETS GO METS!!! Thank you. Apologies for this shameful thread hijack.
62
posted on
08/10/2006 10:39:13 AM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: Bogtrotter52
They won't be able to contact loved ones in case there is an attack to say "I love you and good bye"/ or "They have survived!".
To: JellyJam
They can be used to trigger any bomb. All you need is a signal to the bomb to preform a function.
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:41:14 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: saganite
Since cellphones are triggering devices for bombs it would make sense to shut down service in the vicinity of an airport if there was a suspected threat.
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I just spoke via cell to my wife on her cell. I am in Nassau, less than 1/2 mile from Queens and she is in Elmhurst, Queens, less than three miles from LGA. Cell service isn't defined as neatly as an electric grid. One can stand on the North Shore of LI and get service from a tower in Connecticut and service in Queens will be covered by sites in Nassau, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan at the least.
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:41:17 AM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: fivecatsandadog
How do those trac phones work? (the ones the terrorists bought)? Buy a prepaid card, punch in a code and the phone will work for a set number of minutes. Other than that, they are regular cell phones.
The real advantage is that there is no billing address and you can use the phone once and toss it.
66
posted on
08/10/2006 10:41:21 AM PDT
by
MediaMole
(9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Queens Muslim Center.
![](http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Anthropology/21A-453Anthropology-of-the-Middle-EastSpring2004/B1992147-43D7-4E77-9828-1119E2971E03/0/muslimparade39.jpg)
Students leaving Islamic Sunday school at Masjid Al-Fatima in Queens. ![](http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Anthropology/21A-453Anthropology-of-the-Middle-EastSpring2004/88529965-D2F9-44B5-95F3-FDD1757FBF01/0/storemosque17.jpg)
Masjid Al-Falah Hanafi Sunni mosque in Corona, Queens under construction. ![](http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Anthropology/21A-453Anthropology-of-the-Middle-EastSpring2004/995491F4-14CD-4612-A08A-FFA11EA7B670/0/storemosque8.jpg)
Insignia of the 'Queens Islamic Institute'.![](http://iiny.org/Ramazan/schedule_files/image002.gif)
Sunday September 10 2006 9:00A
*not confirmed*
Muslim Parade & Festival
Madison Avenue from 41st to 23rd Street
Diversity, food & fun from the "Queen's University Muslim Students Association".![](http://www.likethewind.ca/portfolio/images/screens/print/iaw0304.jpg)
Al Falah mosque in Corona, Queens. ![](http://www.intelmessages.org/images/Al_Falah_Mosque_01.jpg)
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:41:32 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: hoosiermama
Hmmm, cell phone service out, Egyptians on the loose, plot to blow up planes foiled, it seems. I'm sure there is nothing to it s/
68
posted on
08/10/2006 10:41:47 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Yalla ya, Nasrallah, we'll send you off to Allah.)
To: Sleeping Freeper
As a note, another forum administrator on another forum(who I've known and trusted for many years) claims today as well as last time there was a threat, service is spotty and has a weak signal.
I'm near Teterboro(busiest regional airport in NYC metro area) and I usually get 3 of 4 bars, getting 1 as I write. I dunno if it's intentional or not, but it sure is suspicous.
69
posted on
08/10/2006 10:42:03 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: Sleeping Freeper
Last week while driving home from Dallas my cellphone just died - seems that there was a major cingular outage from Texas to Oklahoma and Arkansas. Never did hear on the news what happened but it was out for about 6 or 7 hours. Maybe same thing in NY,
To: shhrubbery!
The 2 things I hate about Shea are the clifflike right field upper deck seats, and the Mets.
71
posted on
08/10/2006 10:42:21 AM PDT
by
NYleatherneck
(It ain't a World War until the French surrender.)
To: presidio9
I thought you had that vigilante dude Black Angels or whatever protecting the subways. In fact, I rather thought that's where the Minute Men dude got his idea.
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:42:36 AM PDT
by
Froufrou
To: Gamecock
I'm not from, nor am I in the least bit familiar with NYC. From a terrorist's perspective what in Queens is worth blowing up?
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Americans, clown.
73
posted on
08/10/2006 10:43:29 AM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: MineralMan
I dunno. Maybe he call the cell phone company and they told him that there was an outage and that they knew the reason for it. Ya think?
Nope. Conspiracy theorists on FR try to avoid thinking as much as possible.
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:43:31 AM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq)
To: Hydroshock
Thanx ... I don't want to freak anyone out, but that's what came to mind when I first heard of this. Tinfoil time.
75
posted on
08/10/2006 10:43:46 AM PDT
by
JellyJam
(Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: wtc911
I know airports have devices that can shut down cell service in a localized area. Perhaps the outage is more targeted towards the airport areas?
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:44:12 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: quack
Empire State Building is in Manhattan...across the river from Queens.
Here, let me show you a map...
77
posted on
08/10/2006 10:44:43 AM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: RegulatorCountry
don't forget the mid-town tunnel.
78
posted on
08/10/2006 10:45:40 AM PDT
by
tdewey10
(Can we please take out Iran's nuclear capability before they start using it?)
To: MediaMole; fivecatsandadog
Wonder what happens when all those pre-paids found in ME hands lately go live at once? ;>)
79
posted on
08/10/2006 10:45:41 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Hey, look man, I didn't mean to shoot the son of a b!tch. The gun went off. I don't know why.)
To: finallyatexan
Last week while driving home from Dallas my cellphone just died - seems that there was a major cingular outage from Texas to Oklahoma and Arkansas. Never did hear on the news what happened but it was out for about 6 or 7 hours. Maybe same thing in NY,
The Cingular outage here in Texas, OK, and Arkansas was related to a techincal issue at Cingular. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/080306dnbuscingular.2a39a7b.html
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:45:44 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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