Bet on with my boss

Fri Jun 21 20:26:00 UTC 2002

Andy Dills wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Pawlukiewicz Jane wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > How important is the phone to you? I mean, given some situation that
> > arises, can we solve it without the phones?
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > You can ignore me if you want. That's okay.
> 
> I probably should take your advice, but that's an interestingly ambiguous
> question so I'll indulge on a slow Friday afternoon. Anything to derail
> that spews thread.
> 
> "phone" is a tricky word. By phone do you mean an actual handset? Or do
> you mean a handset with a pots line? Or does your definition include
> voip? Or do you mean "phone" to encompass all audio communication devices?
> Or do you mean "phones" to represent the entire PSTN?
> 
> What kind of situation are you referring to? A small bowel accident? Or a
> fiber cut? Your kid got in a fight at school? Or are most of your frame
> relay circuits bouncing?
> 
> Basically, anybody can answer whatever they want based on the lack of
> detail in the question. I'd love to take both sides of the bet so I can
> collect from both you and your boss...

I bet you could.

By "phone" I mean PSTN and by situation, I mean something involving a
SNAFU on your network (excuse me, IP network), another network your
network depends on.

Clear?
> 
> Andy
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Thanks for not ignoring me ;)

Jane

BTW, what does FIARK mean?
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