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Re: Fiber cut in SF area
From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:54:07 -0700
Robert M. Enger wrote:
911 centers can work just fine without phones. They use radio for intra-agency communications with police, fire, etc. There is also a large ham radio community who jumps in to help with communications when needed (testing, simulations, and real disasters).That AT&T has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling.That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling issue.
The primary problem a 911 center has if the phones go out is that people can't *reach* the 911 center if *their* phone lines don't work.
jc
Current thread:
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area, (continued)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Robert M. Enger (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Matthew Kaufman (Apr 09)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Murphy, Jay, DOH (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jared Mauch (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Charles Wyble (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Robert M. Enger (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Ben Scott (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area jamie rishaw (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Sean Donelan (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Charles Wyble (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area JC Dill (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Mike Lyon (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Mike Lyon (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jorge Amodio (Apr 11)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Sean Donelan (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Mike Lyon (Apr 11)