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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:02:27 GMT
- From: kb7uv@panix.com (Andy Funk)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: All Circuits Are Busy Now ...
- Message-ID: <telecom12.924.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 924, Message 9 of 11
- Lines: 38
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- > [Moderator's Note: Do you think it could be the reason you got through
- > on Sprint is because not that many people (relative to the facilities
- > available) were using Sprint? AT&T is still the national favorite by
- > a wide margin. Could it be the facilities available to the one are
- > disproportionate to the actual traffic requirements? I still don't
- > think they 'shut things down' ... an earthquake or other emergency is
- > different than a family holiday. PAT]
-
- It's likely, IMHO, that SPRINT, MCI, et. al. have more "headroom" than
- AT&T, especially when dealing with the residential service. While I
- don't have any statistics, I suspect the ratio of AT&T to alternative
- LD carriers is higher for individuals than businesses. So, AT&T will
- likely be affected more by holiday calls than the other carriers.
-
- As far as limiting calls *into* a disaster area --- This is an
- excellent practice if there is a chance the network will become
- saturated. Communications *from* a disaster scene should take
- precedence over communications into the area. Most calls into an
- affected area are health and welfare inquiries ("Gee, Aunt Carol, is
- everyone OK?) while calls originating from the scene may well be
- requests for needed assistance ("National Guard? Can you direct the
- choppers with the food and medical supplies to the football field of
- the high school?").
-
- The Amateur Radio Emergency Service and National Traffic System hold
- health and welfare inquiries until the disaster scene is ready to
- accept them, placing a much higher priority on real emergency traffic.
-
- I recall hearing a few years ago that AT&T long distance circuits were
- setup to limit incoming calls, when necessary, so outgoing calls
- always would have circuits available.
-
-
- Andrew Funk, KB7UV Internet: kb7uv@panix.com
- ENG Editor/Microwave Packet: kb7uv@kb7uv.#nli.ny.usa
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