[24478] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dirk Harms-Merbitz)
Sun Jul 4 12:53:42 1999
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 09:51:32 -0700
From: Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@power.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <990704015407.44a9@SDG.DRA.COM>; from Sean Donelan on Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 01:54:07AM -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Faxes tend to be on analog phone lines. They will still work even
when a companies phone system is down.
Dirk
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 01:54:07AM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> At the last NANOG several folks chuckled when I pointed out that
> many real emergency plans include sending a FAX as a backup when
> the phones don't work. I thought I would pass this news story along.
>
> http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070399/com_phonesout.shtml
> --
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
>
