Re: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

I'll file that comment where it belongs -- in file 13.

If a major catastrophe, albeit more human than network-related
(although lots of network-related issues here, too), isn't on-topic,
than I fail to see what is.

- ferg


-- Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net> wrote:

Did I miss the memo announcing the Slashdot commentary section had been 
extended to the NANOG mailing list? It is one thing to expand on a story 
with useful insights, but this entire thread is just restating the obvious 
for the sake of hearing your own voice (or the digital equivalent 
thereof). If I wanted to read the uninformed reactions of random people to 
random news stories wondering why cell phone circuits fill up during 
natural disasters I would go to slashdot and click "Read More...". This 
stuff doesn't even come close to being NANOG worthy, let alone on-topic or 
appropriate.

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/