daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Fri Nov 26 13:59:28 2010
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:59:16 -0800
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4CEFF52B.5040209@lcrcomputer.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 11/26/10 9:58 AM, Lyle Giese wrote:
> Let me ask this question from a different angle. Did you NMS notice the
> issue? If so, does your software require Internet to notify you?
>
> I use just a simple modem(remember those?<GRIN>), a pots line and qpage
> to send 'out of band' notifications.
>
Ah yes, the frequently overlooked "internet is required to notify when
the internet is broken" problem. I use text-to-speech with Asterisk on a
POTS line or PRI. Killing landlines is the cool thing to do these days,
but if IP breaks that's when a POTS line still wins.
~Seth
