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Re: Perceived Y2K problems
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: 30 Nov 1999 21:23:51 -0800
On Tue, 30 November 1999, Jared Mauch wrote:
I find this quite an interesting challenge, if you can't place a call, you can't get paged to know that your router in some remote site just died, nor can they call to tell you, nor can you call the utilities to determine why.
For those deemed important enough, there are alternative switches and communication lines in place to contact utilities and such. ISPs providing necessary services can qualify for preferential treatment. The two buzzwords you need are GETS and TSP. Additional information is available from the FCC http://www.fcc.gov/ and NCS http://www.ncs.gov/ The FCC or NCS will act as the "sponsor" for qualifying ISPs. Yep, its like the ARPANET all over again, you need a "sponsor." When I applied, it took about two weeks. Interestingly enough, the Internet has been used as a backup communications channel for several events already. But because of the unreliable reputation of the Internet (FUD), agency managers haven't wanted to publicize they were using the net.
Current thread:
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Nathan Stratton (Nov 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Sean Donelan (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Robert Cannon (Dec 01)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems ken harris. (Dec 02)