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    How Cellphone Companies Have Resisted Rules for Disasters

    By Cora Currier
    ProPublica
    In a natural disaster or other emergency, one of the first things you’re likely to reach for is your cellphone. Landlines are disappearing. More than 30 percent of American households now rely exclusively on cellphones. Despite that, cell carriers have successfully pushed back against rules on what they have to do in a disaster.

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