--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Woodrick, Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
History has shown that the Internet is much more survivable than
some hams think.
Absolutely. The Internet has at least a thousand times more access
points and wired linked than any amateur radio system does; I think
Hi Chuck,
Good points. Although I think the likelihood of a (successful) large scale
attack on the Internet itself is quite small compared the myriad of natural
disasters we have every year, it certainly it worth thinking about and planning
for. At some point I think you're just back to HF
That was the thinking for many years. However, after a lot of
research, it was determined that Andrew was indeed a Cat 5 when it hit
Florida. I place my trust in the National Hurricane Center:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAA_pr_8-21-02.html
Wikipeida:
On Jun 26, 2008, at 3:20 PM, nj902 wrote:
Beg to differ, Nate.
I know you computer gurus are all gaga about the world-wide call sign
routed [Nextel Direct-Talk] D-Star model, but from the point of view
of an Emergency Management Agency, we have no interest in having one
of our
At 05:36 PM 6/27/2008, you wrote:
I was told the that the Internet was still available in parts of New
Orleans after Katrina eventhough the power and the telephones were
out.
Yes, that's what I heard as well (read my notes on the most common
failure mode for Internet linked repeaters).
Thank you all for your responses. I now have a better perspective of
things.
Matt / N3WNX
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Jack wrote:
I was in Lafayette, LA for this event, our cable Internet was only as good
as there batteries and gas powered generators, then there was also the lines
that were down. The short COX had limited or no coverage for 3 days in some
areas and in the rural area I
Tony and all,
Here in Tampa Bay, Florida, area we have a number of cable providers that offer
cable, internet, phone, etc. on one cable.
I have Verizon FIOS which is a fiber optics to the home and I subscribe to
cable TV, internet at 3 Mb and phone. The phone is high, but the others are
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Date: 2008/06/26 Thu PM 11:07:01 EDT
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [dstar_digital] Re: Limited access
Matt,
Since its inception, the Internet has never gone down.
: Woodrick, Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:19 am
Subject: RE: RE: [dstar_digital] Re: Limited access
I have walked into a location where the eye of a hurricane has passed and
Internet was available.
And don’t forget
Not sure what Cat 5 hurricane you were in. There has never been a Cat 5
hurricane hit Florida going back over 100 years. Sure there has been one,
maybe within last 100,000 yrs, hi. Kertina was Cat 5, but down to Cat 4 before
hitting New Orlenes.
I remember Charley in 2004. Was headed right
Ed WA4YIH wrote:
Since its inception, the Internet has never gone down.
There are places where access has been unavailable, but
the Internet has never gone down. Except for the last mile,
most Internet connections are highly redundant. In the middle
of Katrina, in the middle of the
Bob McCormick W1QA wrote:
In what I've drawn up so far - one of the weakest points
in our whole configuration is the D-STAR repeater controller
itself! Its easy to configure redundancy in that last mile
network connection ... and setup a reliable gateway including
maybe even a backup system.
Interesting viewpoint
(BTW, why do you never identify who you are?)
If you don't want anyone transiting your gateway, then it is really easy just
to stop the services on the gateway, or block the inbound ports.
But from the point of view of many of us and our Emergency Management Agencies,
Identify who I am?
Well, Ed, I use the internet option for Yahoo groups and I have
noted that on every message I enter on every group I post to - it
clearly shows: nj902 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - so I didn't think there
was anybody who didn't have access to QRZ if they wanted to know who
I am.
At 10:20 AM 6/27/2008, you wrote:
As far as communications outside of the local area - we have HF rigs
in our EOC and lots of local volunteers who are willing to show up
with HF capabilities as needed.
You might be surprised at how out of area communications can be
used. The VoIP WX Net offers
...I'm not trying to start any arguments...
I wouldn't take it that you were - this is a discussion list -
people discuss things - we ask questions - share thoughts and learn.
I started by reading most of the messages in the list archives -
there's lots of information about system operation,
At 01:07 PM 6/27/2008, you wrote:
Matt,
Since its inception, the Internet has never gone down. There are
places where access has been unavailable, but the Internet has never gone down.
Except for the last mile, most Internet connections are highly
redundant. In the middle of Katrina, in the
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