Yup HerbG, I read through the comments on that article and the paranoia is in full effect with many wild accusations at everybody everywhere.
My question is still about what a person could actually do to reduce the effects of a repeat.
For companies and govt services it is a different game in some ways, but for us average folks it is not the same thing as for them.
Trying to flag down a passing ambulance when your granny is having another heart attack is just not quite it somehow. There must be better ways to get around this type of stuff, things a person can do without relying on the phone companies to solve their major problems.
Communications are always at risk from vandalism like this, but as Desperado points out, one careless backhoe operator could do just as much or more damage, and lets not talk about fires or storms.