On 2024-01-15 18:15, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
In rural Canada (more accurately in rural Manitoba) - - - that this is surprising is actually quite astounding to me. Service is this bad in significant amounts of rural Canada. So bad in fact that emergency responders (flooding/forest fires) have refused to assist in certain areas. "The safety of their personnel would be compromised was the response." Not much concern for those living there. That seems ridiculous. First responders should not be relying on use of a cell phone. They always(?) have radios. If the problem is that bad they should be using sat phones instead of regular cell phones.
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