Globe editorial calls FM radio "outdated technology"

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:24:43 -0400, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> said:

>> [I wrote:]
>> There's also a (spurious) argument about receiving EAS alerts
>> (there's no reason the carriers could not be required to use their
>> own technology to deliver EAS messages just as cablecos are).

> True. the cell carriers could do this - but the argument is less spurious
> when
> you consider the number of times the cell phone network has failed during
> emergencies.

Examples?

-GAWollman