With enough thrust, pigs can fly (was Re: Bet on with my boss)

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Pawlukiewicz Jane wrote:
> How important is the phone to you? I mean, given some situation that
> arises, can we solve it without the phones?

The important thing is you have some way to communicate, not what method
is used for the communication.

If the PSTN fails, use the Internet.  If the Internet fails use PSTN.  If
both fail use radio, telegraph, pony express or fall back to what the
Roman Empire used, runners.  Civilization has existed far longer than the
telephone.