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Mobiles In Times Of Crisis

Mobile phone networks in times of crisis, airplane mode and the telepathic test

Mobile phone networks in times of crisis, airplane mode and the telepathic test. A look at why mobile phone networks can fail in a crisis, such as the London July 2005 bombings and the New Orleans flooding. Also why you really should switch your phone off on a plane and as a study shows telepathy could be real, a website that can test it.

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26 minutes

±«Óătv World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project