WPS failed during recent East coast earthquake

The Wireless Priority Service (WPS) that is intended to provide priority to emergency government and public safety cell calls failed during East Coast earthquake. WPS compliments GETS the priority system for land lines.

Sounds like the failure might have been in part due to "all of the texting and short messaging occurred on the signal channel,"

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