[113327] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut in SF area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Scott)
Thu Apr 9 20:26:17 2009
In-Reply-To: <1CE4AEB0-84DC-4225-8E3B-7C45BC1FF2DF@puck.nether.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:52:32 -0400
From: Ben Scott <mailvortex@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:
>> That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness sta=
ff
>> didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling issu=
e.
>
> =A0This costs $$$ and usually isn't a problem as there are other ways to
> communicate. The law-enforcement folks qualify for GETS ...
Which is fine if you're a law-enforcement folk. Kinda sucks if
you're an ordinary private citizen who tries to dial 911 and gets a
reorder tone. Which I presume is what is happening, since everybody
is saying 911 is down. What's the point of having all the emergency
service personnel communicating with each other if they can't get 911
calls in the first place? (Rhetorical question, I know there are
other ways they can find out about emergencies, but 911 is the big
one.)
Maybe nostalgia just ain't what it used to be, but I thought the
PSTN used to be more reliable than this.
#ifdef CONSPIRACY_THEORIST
What if this isn't simple vandalism?
#endif
-- Ben
