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]]> 2008-11-20T00:00:00-05:00 Virginia Tech's text-message alert system failed when the sound of gunfire was heard on campus last week. Patrick Traynor, computer science assistant professor, said text-alert systems that use current cellular networks can overwhelm the system and cause partial or complete failure. Source: eSchool News

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