Friday, August 15, 2003

Power outage hits Northeast. A failure in the nation's electrical grid cuts off electricity to New York and other Northeastern cities, hitting airports, cell phone networks and companies such as IBM. [CNET News.com] 8:45:41 AM    comment []

When Wireless Phones Failed, Callers Turned to Land Lines. The regular public telephone network generally kept working after the power went out, but the cellular systems in affected areas were often unable to cope. By Matt Richtel and Simon Romero. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 7:14:19 AM    comment []

Recovery firms respond to blackout. The massive blackout prompts some companies to turn to providers of disaster-recovery services, but IT operations at many businesses appear safe thanks to backup generators. [CNET News.com] 7:13:30 AM    comment []