I wonder how robust a wireless telephone network would be in such a situation. The last few major hurricanes in Florida shut down virtually all forms of long distance communication except high frequency bands such as those used by ham radio. Wireless is great until the towers come down (which they do). If they are planning to rely on wired connections, why won't the existing Internet work just fine?
The bigger question is WHY would the professional business sector even need to talk to the government in such a tragedy? At that point most businesses would be inoperable and at least temporarily shut down and the military/governmental machine would kick-in, taking control of the situation. I don't see why any businesses would need their own intranet connected to a government system. Perhaps city and state utilities so we could communicate in case of a terrorist attack on a nuclear, electrical or water treatment plant. But why would Microsoft or UPS (insert major corporation here) need to covertly communicate with the government in time of a tragedy? I don't get it.
reply to MrTangent Can't you say "opportunity knocks in the seemingly worst time for all citizens"? -- Posting sig removed by system administrator. Sig cannot exceed 30GB in size.
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