The 5.8 earthquake that struck the Eastern seaboard around 2 p.m. today did more than rattle nerves and inspire a torrent of topical puns on Twitter, it also lead to dead cellular phone service for untold millions of customers trying to make calls on the nation’s four largest wireless carriers (in order: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile).Wireless phone companies reported that their networks were undamaged,but that the sudden spike in call volume was overwhelming their networks.
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