Japan Earthquake: Internet works, cell phones do not

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awmazz said:

Saw an ABC Australia journalist in Japan reporting that because the phones are down people are using Facebook to post their status and location to let their families and friends know how they are. I assume Facebook will make some mileage out of this.

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One of my friends has Facebook posts of one of the aftershocks where he and a bunch of others are standing out by the airplanes at Tokyo's airport. He said that luckily nobody at the International terminal in the airport seemed to be hurt, and that the duty free shops were pretty much toast. I assume he and the others are spending the night at the airport and not trying to head back to the city.

Who says social networks aren't completely useless? Once again they are shining through and helping to get the word out.

However, there's one problem: Facebook is not that useful in Japan.

Social networking in Japan is dominated by two locally-created services, Gree and Mixi, both of which are tied to cellphones that have Japanese telephone numbers. A lot of people found out people are okay through Gree and Mixi.

are cell phones not working across all the country ?

balsagoth007 said:

are cell phones not working across all the country ?

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Look at the posting dates! Cell phones are fine now.