User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "CCTS" (WoR, V3-E3)./@comment-9464517-20151229190457/@comment-24891101-20151229191517

I'd headcanon it as not a total network collapse, but significant slowdown and problems. I'd call the towers phased arrays that bounce communication off the ionosphere, where a deactivated tower, especially a hub, would not be in place to receive, thus causing significant network problems but not total collapse.