Spare Emergency Mobile

[KalPrep]

Just shown at CES

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/spar ... -hands-on/

Might have a looksee when these hit the market.

[bulldogeagle]

OK for a normal emergency, but in a post fall world wouldnt mobile phone masts be shut down??

[the-gnole]

Good find Kalprep, I might be looking into this a bit more, might even look at a seperate sim card as not every emergency requires the world to fall apart to need a back up

[KalPrep]

Exactly, is SHTF in a really bad way then you are stuffed. If I just need to bug out for a local situation or whatever, it's there in the bag ready to go. It's also simple and therefore less things to go wrong.

[tfish]

interesting, but why has it taken someone 20 years to think of this!

[the-gnole]

interesting, but why has it taken someone 20 years to think of this!

Well it took them nearly a century to come up with a radio telephone small enough to fit in a pocket, so I guess things take a while to Evolve

[KalPrep]

interesting, but why has it taken someone 20 years to think of this!

Lol, too true! Now they just need a buy once, never expire SIM

[Attack Warning Red]

Handy for everyday 'emergencies'. But I remember during the London bombings the whole mobile network across London was overloaded/shutdown by MI5 (delete as applicable), and completely unusable. The first time I could get a signal was early evening.

So in a terrorist incident or similar, mobiles, in my experience, are as good as useless.

[the-gnole]

Handy for everyday 'emergencies'. But I remember during the London bombings the whole mobile network across London was overloaded/shutdown by MI5 (delete as applicable), and completely unusable. The first time I could get a signal was early evening.

So in a terrorist incident or similar, mobiles, in my experience, are as good as useless.

Land lines continued to operate though, I guess that there would be a few queues at them though.

Same thing happens during New Year celebrations, the authorities shut down certain elements to stop overload, sort of rationing the airways.

[Bladerunner]

Landlines do indeed stay operational during most emergencies.

I have 4 Corded phones for emergencies. 2 for me and wifey and 1 each for our kids homes. Most people (including us) have cordless phones which are useless even in just a power cut.

If the power is out and phone masts are not working then 99% of the population have no means of communication.

You can even steal (I do not condone stealing) the electricity that comes down the phone line to power a small lamp or something that does not require a great deal of electricity.

Public phones are becoming fewer and fewer. Just take a shufty next time you go out and see how many public phones you can spot. There used to be one on every corner, virtually.

Be lucky (and communicative)