Just watched the latest, on-the-ground assessments by an Army General and news reporters in Haiti (watch Meet the Press online to see, also ABC) They list the same series of challenges facing them including search and rescue, material delivery, personnel deployment, commodity distribution, and security.
Not one word about communications or any deficiencies in communications. The communications problem was solved on day one. The issue is a concocted one brought up after the fact of it being solved.