Customers stay connected in wake of Katrina.(News)

RCR Wireless News, September, 2005

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, including Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), whose district includes Houston, where many evacuees are staying, began hearing reports that customers were having their mobile phones disconnected.

Green initiated a letter signed by eight of his colleagues, including Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas), requesting that service to evacuees remain connected. "Wireless communications are very important for the effective response to Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, there have been reports of wireless customers from the...

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