Verizon Uses Diesel Genset to Reduce Call Drops during Power Outages 08/03/2004 As he watched cellular towers become overloaded and unable to handle all the sudden demand, he heard the emergency generator kicking in. "We went, 'Uh oh,' and knew we had some serious work ahead of us," he recalled. Verizon dials up power in case of a big blackout (via Detroit Free Press)

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