Verizon, AT&T Say Calling Surges, See No Network Damage
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Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. experienced a surge in phone calls after an earthquake struck Virginia today, while Web users rushed to discuss the disaster on social-networking sites.
“There has been high call volume,” Peter Thonis, a spokesman for New York-based Verizon, said in an interview. “You have to call several times to get through some places. It’s very temporal. I know of no network issues at this time” on the wireless or land-line networks, he said.