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Communications
What Works Offline When the Internet Goes Down?
A planned guide to staying informed without broadband, using official power-cut communications advice.
This article is marked DRAFT. The structure and source list are in place, but it has not yet been written up as a finished guide. Do not treat draft notes as complete advice.
Official power-cut guidance already describes a world in which home internet — and sometimes mobile signal — may not work. This draft will gather those points into one page and leave room for Project Nomad details once the publisher supplies them.
Intended sections
- What official pages say can fail: home internet, television, and mobile signal if a local mast is affected.
- Written phone numbers, including 105 and Floodline.
- Battery or wind-up FM radio, station frequencies, and cautious use of a car radio.
- Landlines and telecare: ask the provider whether they work without mains power.
- Emergency calls from a mobile (999 / 112) and official notes about roaming onto available networks.
- A reserved subsection for Project Nomad, to be filled only with publisher-supplied facts.
Sources to use
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