There is less of a dispute with carriers such as Verizon Wireless that use an alternate wireless technology called CDMA because their phones don't use SIM cards.
Rather than negotiate with Meadows, Hanna got permission from the Forest Service to use an alternate drive. (Its ploy defeated, Meadows backed off.) Then Hanna got lucky--back-to-back epic snowfalls and a 70% jump in skiers that kept him solvent.