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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:12:51PM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > > >>"In this age of cheap commoditized consumer electronics and > > >>advanced mobile technology, why can't all the people of a city make > > >>contact during an emergency? > > > > > >Simple: it's too expensive. > > > > > >Keep this in mind when trading in your POTS service for VoIP service > > >over the internet. Discounting the local loop which is often the > > >same in both cases, POTS is extremely reliable while VoIP over the > > >public internet, well, isn't. But apparently people that switch to > > >VoIP don't mind the reduced likelihood of being able to make calls > > >during the next large scale emergency. > > > > Yes! I agree 100%. The key words in that above statement were > > "cheap commoditized." The reason satellite phones work in big > > disaster areas (other than the fact that the entire infrastructure > > in the affected area is comprised of a solar powered satellite and a > > subscriber's hand set with a remote base station(s) somewhere else in > > the world) is simple; not everyone and their cousin has one to use. > > 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. > > Note: nothing personal to those being quoted. Richard, I couldn't agree with you more, I've been concidering unsubscribing from the day I subscribed. The reaction to your post was even worse then the messages themselves. Perhaps it is time to leave. Michael Attachment:
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