[113318] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut in SF area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JC Dill)
Thu Apr 9 19:16:18 2009
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:54:07 -0700
From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com>
CC: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <49DE5368.8030803@enger.us>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Robert M. Enger wrote:
>
> That AT&T has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic
> restoral is mind boggling.
>
> That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness
> staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind
> boggling issue.
>
911 centers can work just fine without phones. They use radio for
intra-agency communications with police, fire, etc. There is also a
large ham radio community who jumps in to help with communications when
needed (testing, simulations, and real disasters).
The primary problem a 911 center has if the phones go out is that people
can't *reach* the 911 center if *their* phone lines don't work.
jc
