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Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX

From: Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk () power net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 09:51:32 -0700


Faxes tend to be on analog phone lines. They will still work even
when a companies phone system is down. 

Dirk

On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 01:54:07AM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:


At the last NANOG several folks chuckled when I pointed out that
many real emergency plans include sending a FAX as a backup when
the phones don't work.  I thought I would pass this news story along.

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070399/com_phonesout.shtml
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
  Affiliation given for identification not representation

Current thread:

911 doesn't work, try a FAX Sean Donelan (Jul 03)
- Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Joe Shaw (Jul 04)
- Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Hal Murray (Jul 04)
- Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Nathan Stratton (Jul 04)
- Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Dirk Harms-Merbitz (Jul 04)
  - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Derek Balling (Jul 04)
    - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Alan Clegg (Jul 04)
    - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Michael Dillon (Jul 04)
    - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Phillip Vandry (Jul 05)
- Message not available
  - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX John Fraizer (Jul 04)
    - Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Christopher E. Brown (Jul 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX Sean Donelan (Jul 05)