Ma Bell phones pwned
The first thought after realizing the phones weren\’92t working: Isn\’92t this exactly how Independence Day began? Just when we thought Friday was as strange as it could get, was E.T. coming to kick some ass?
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Alas, no. It seems that Ma Bell has screwed something up. AL.com is reporting that the repairs have been made.
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“Overnight, we had a technical equipment problem in Birmingham, and it’s disrupting the ability for customers to call from landline to mobile phone,” an AT&T spokeswoman told the Birmingham News.
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If that\’92s true, then the solution seems to be worse than the problem. At the Weekly, we haven\’92t been able to reach anyone on AT&T\’92s system, neither landlines nor mobile phones.
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On the other hand, there was a moment of 1990s nostalgia when we heard actual busy signals again.
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