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more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:01:17 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: April 1, 2006 11:24:01 AM EST To: "(Mr) Lyn R Kennedy" <lrkn () earthlink net> Cc: David Farber <dave () farber net>, lauren () vortex com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231 Unintended consequences can really get you with this one. Cell phone networks are often the first telecom technology to get overloaded (or in some cases just fail completely) in an emergency. Start sending out text messages to everyone, and you're likely to trigger thousands or millions of immediate call attempts by users trying to reach family members, etc. Boom -- saturation, and the really important emergency calls don't get through. Most people don't realize how limited cell phone capacity really is, relatively. Of course, the cell carriers don't exactly promote their limitations. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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