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Martin Hannigan wrote: > > Regards, > > -- > Martin Hannigan [email protected] > Boston, MA http://www.fugawi.net > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Vincent J. Bono wrote: > > > > > We recently had a piece of equipment fail outside of Bronson, FL. This was > > in a regeneration hut, 50 miles from almost anywhere useful. There is no > > cellular service and no POTs in the HUT. The closest employee was a woman > > who although bright was not very familiar with the equipment installed. > > Because the management channel (IP) was still working to the site, an > > engineer here in Quincy, MA was able to step her through fixing the problem > > using nothing but IRC and two-way pager. It took her 35 minutes to correct > > the issue. > > > > Harder than with a phone? Yes. Impossible? No. Without that IP channel > > running? It would have taken closer to an hour and a half by my guess but > > still doable. Smoke signals or semaphore? I won't hazard a guess. > > > > -vb > > Regards, > > -- > Martin Hannigan [email protected] > Boston, MA http://www.fugawi.net > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Vincent J. Bono wrote: > > > Harder than with a phone? Yes. Impossible? No. Without that IP channel > > running? It would have taken closer to an hour and a half by my guess but > > still doable. Smoke signals or semaphore? I won't hazard a guess. > > That's it. I'm giving semaphore classes at the BBQ. :) BBQ? really? When? Where? Jane begin:vcard n:Pawlukiewicz;Jane tel;cell:703 517-2591 tel;fax:703 289-5814 tel;work:703 289-5307 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Booz Allen Hamilton;Visit us on the Internet: <a href="http://boozallen.com";>BoozOnline</a> adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:[email protected] title:Senior Consultant fn:Jane Pawlukiewicz end:vcard
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