On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: >My question would be what communications methods are working *right now* >in the inital stages? (I heard cellular was down.) Past that, what's >seeing service restoration first?
>From what I've heard, most of the cellular networks and wireless infrastructure is down. Thats what I heard recently, I don't know if anything has come back up. On a related note, whats going on with JUSCN, which has a landing in Shima? I heard there was damage, but I don't have hard facts as of yet. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 3/11/2011 10:29, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > > Is it too soon to start to compare and contrast how voip > > held up vs. tdm? Back in the old days circa mid to late > > 90's, there was a lot of hand wringing about whether > > voip would be up to the task of dealing with a massive > > emergency. Well, we certainly have one now in Japan > > on almost every front imaginable. > > > > Is voice such a small fraction of data that the larger > > issues of cuts, electricity, etc make it moot, or has > > there been some appreciable differences between the > > two's ability to stay in usable service? > > > > My question would be what communications methods are working *right now* > in the inital stages? (I heard cellular was down.) Past that, what's > seeing service restoration first? > > ~Seth > > -- Sincerely, Daniel F. Belin