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A cell phone comes out of a pocket. Within seconds, the rest of the world’s five billion phones follow. All of them—even those compatible with the region’s towers—are displaying some version of “NO SIGNAL”. The cell networks have all collapsed under the unprecedented load.I'll let you read the rest.
Outside Rhode Island, abandoned machinery begins grinding to a halt.