| Jim Thompson 2005-09-24, 2:25 pm |
| On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:29:12 -0000, Me <Me@shadow.orgs> wrote:
>In article <43249e68$0$1317$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
> Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>Dah, tell that to all the folks in New Orleans......None of the
>telephones worked, after the Emergency Generators ran out of fuel
>at the Telephone Exchanges, and could not be refueled, due to the
>road system being UNDER WATER.....Cellphones didn't work for the same
>reasons, and all the Telco Interchanges stopped working that connect the
>Cellsites. ALL Telecomunications USE POWER, it just may not be needed
>at the subscriber end. If the infostructure is down, nothing on the
>subscriber end is going to work either......This makes the event a
>Disaster, when the basic infostructure is disrupted......
>
>
>Me
Yep, But you do what you can. My home internal wireless phones AND
the cell-phone chargers are on UPS; plus I have car charger adapters.
...Jim Thompson
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