Hi Danny, Not the local phone company, but the cell phone system for the area and long distance were disconnected due to the fiber cut. They have no alternative routing since there is only the one fiber that everything has to pass through to get out of the area and get to the cell towers and long distance.
You would think that there would be several alternative paths but I suppose for smaller sized communities, that is not possible. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: >Gee Rick, you mean the whole telephone system, inclulding cells were out for >one cut? Sounds like they need to do some backup planning at the phone >company too. > >Danny Douglas N7DC >ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA >SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all >DX 2-6 years each >. >QSL LOTW-buro- direct >As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you > use that - also pls upload to LOTW > or hard card. > >moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] >moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk >----- Original Message ----- >From: "KV9U" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:25 PM >Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Digital Modes and NVIS (iow, short >range??? as in 300 mi or > > > > >>Because the SCS modem works so well, and except for HAL, no other >>manufacturers developed any competitive systems. Also, there has been >>minimal interest from the programmers in the amateur radio community to >>move forward with competitive sound card modes. >> >>So for now there is SCS as a proprietary, one source product. Winlink >>2000 dropped Clover II support some time back and concentrated only upon >>Pactor. So if you want to use the HF portion of the Winlink 2000 system, >>you either use Pactor 1 from a new or used cloned product, (e.g., >>Kantronics or AEA/Timewave), or you buy the SCS product. Pactor 1 is >>not fully supported with all the servers and there are time limits from >>what I understand. >> >>For me it is not the price. I simply will not support this kind of >>approach in amateur radio as I believe that these systems are contrary >>to what amateur radio is all about. Closed systems with proprietary >>designs are anathema to me. But others see it differently and will use >>the system mostly for casual use, such as RV and boating. Some even >>extend that to emergency communications, but again, that is a stretch >>for most of us, because it doesn't solve the main emergency needs that >>we have. And it is a fragile system, dependent heavily on the internet. >> From comments I have heard there was a recent outage for a short time. >>Nothing is perfect. Even HF can lose communication due to aurora, bands >>going out, etc. >> >>Recently, our Section has most of the hospitals set up with at least a >>dual band VHF/UHF antenna, feedline, and power supply. Some have hams on >>staff and even have used some of the various funding sources to purchase >>dual band rigs. >> >>Yesterday, one of our nearby hospitals that just became well equipped >>for amateur radio, experienced a failure of cellphones and long >>distance. The radio amateur operator, who is also a hospital employee, >>luckily had their plan B backup which was a satellite phone. You really >>don't need amateur radio with all these other high tech solutions ... >> >> >right? > > >>Except, of course, if the satphone system doesn't work. And it did not >>work! Quite a shock. Luckily, he was able to get help via amateur radio >>and make the necessary communications to find out what was going on with >>the cell phones (cut fiber optic cable) and if necessary we could have >>mobilized further. Communications were eventually restored about 12 >>hours from the time the outage was discovered (about 2 am to 2 pm if I >>have it roughly correct). Satphone system was apparently undergoing some >>additions to the constellation and was temporarily down or acting >>intermittently. >> >>73, >> >>Rick, KV9U >> >> >>
