911 doesn't work, try a FAX

Joe Shaw jshaw at insync.net
Sun Jul 4 07:22:38 UTC 1999



This is why HAM radios and the appropriate licenses can come in very
handy, especially in cases of emergency or natural disaster.  Does anyone
in the business use RF for backup communications?

--
Joseph W. Shaw - jshaw at insync.net    
Freelance Computer Security Consultant and Perl Programmer
Free UNIX advocate - "I hack, therefore I am."

On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, 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





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