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Re: the VoIP Paradox

2003-09-02 12:43:47
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"Scott" == Scott Bradner <sob(_at_)harvard(_dot_)edu> writes:
    >> Perhaps, perhaps not. I live in Ontario Canada and in the recent 
    >> blackout, my phone kept working.

    Scott> i.e., you did not have a ISDN or wireless phone

  Wired POTS phones did not continue working for many Bell Canada
subscribers. It isn't clear why, but many rural folks were without 911
service for 18 to 20 hours. I expect that that the failsafe systems were
not tested recently enough.

]      Out and about in Ottawa.    hmmm... beer.                |  firewalls  [
]   Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON    |net architect[
] mcr(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ottawa(_dot_)on(_dot_)ca 
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