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After widespread outage, a look at the vulnerabilities in the U.S. wireless grid

Verizon customers across the U.S. were affected by a widespread outage Wednesday. NPR's A Martinez asks Lee McKnight of Syracuse University about vulnerabilities in the nation's wireless grid.

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A Martínez
A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West.

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