  ykronicPremium
join:2006-01-31
Canada | Great... Now all those willing to sit around in 2 feet of water can still get online. I'm sure that's a comfort to the thousands homeless  | |
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 | tlniec
join:2004-08-02
Cedar Rapids, IA
1 edit | Re: Great... Due to high traffic levels, some people were unable to get a reliable cell signal. I'm not sure how the POTS network held up. But the bottom line is, when other forms of comm infrastructure were down, I think folks were probably VERY thankful to at least have internet access. That way they could, y'know, do things like e-mail family to let them know they're OK... | |
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| |  dsldude08Premium,VIP
join:2008-01-03
La Crosse, WI
kudos:2 | Re: Great... It's always good to have multiple options (i.e. fail safes). | |
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| | | | I'm imagining POTS held up quite well till the remote terminals and central offices got flooded. Generally wet cable can be respliced fairly easy but a wet CO is a real tough cookie. | |
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| | | Hey, even in a disaster, one can take comfort in joining the masses too lazy to take action. It's sort of like the Titantic movie. We all know how it ends, but we still went to see it anyway. The point being, is that people will take comfort in the small things. Add this with the fact it's just another way to communicate and let people know you're safe, and everyone is happy. Still, I do think in terms of worries, having internet problem is at the bottom when your house, car, and all valuables are getting swept away. | |
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| | | said by ykronic:Now all those willing to sit around in 2 feet of water can still get online. I'm sure that's a comfort to the thousands homeless i'm with ya there. don't see why dslr would even bother reporting this. | |
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| | Score one for the little guy. I was glad to see the little guy survive. There are lots of WISPs around to give that "3rd pipe" but most people don't know they are there because they lack the money to spend millions and millions in advertising.
This should be some good sales pitch material for these guys in the future. | |
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| natere2
join:2004-07-11
Cartersville, GA | Re: Score one for the little guy. i agree | |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | Reminds me of... When DirectNIC in New Orleans stayed online and brought us live details during Katrina. However this was a minature version of that. | |
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| | Different city My WISP located in Urbandale had to relocate all their servers to a different town for a short period of time. Not sure on how long they plan to remain there. It's not perfect right now but at least it's working. Where I'm at fortunately is dry as a bone. | |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Operating your ISP while your ground floors are underwater .... sure shows some dedication.
Most companies would just leave everything failed, and tell customers "Sorry--- Disaster.... deal with it...."
To actually try really hard to keep services up while completely flooded is above and beyond, IMHO. | |
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j2sw
join:2006-05-02
Williamsport, IN | It's more The WISP who things they just provide Internet these days is doomed to fail. With VOIP, homeland security, monitoring, meter reading, etc. the network is what is valuable. Thinking the only people using the Internet during this time are people surfing nascar.com is a bad way of thinking.
Imagine plugging in a voip phone and calling out to say you are okay
Imagine being able to tell the corporate office about flooding in the local office. And when the waters go down and the land lines are still not fixed. Wireless allows business to get back to work while the water logged land lines are being repaired.
Just my .02 | |
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