From: time.warrior@malkaviabbs.com.remove-kk1-this   
      
     To: Day Brown   
     Re: Re: backup network?   
     By: Day Brown to alt.bbs.internet on Wed Feb 23 2005 08:51 pm   
      
    > David Bobo wrote:   
    > > Agreed - so much of business relies on the Internet that it will be in   
    > > operation, unless as you say, life ceases to exist as we know it. Any   
    > > backup plan would require some means of communication - whether that's   
    > > POTS dial-up lines (hello Fidonet!) or some sort of packet radio.  If the   
    > > Internet is down, it's pretty much a given that dial-up will also be down.   
    > > I think packet radio exists today, though I haven't heard much of it since   
    > > the mid-80s.  Ham radio networks exist - that might be your best avenue.   
    > The net could go down in a region. HAM/BBS links would be useful in   
    > quakes, hurricanes, powergrid failure and possibly some kind of WMD. But   
    > this is all moot unless any of the BBS nets have any backup plans.   
      
   Unfortunately all of that would cost a rather large amount of money to   
   impliment which far and few if any Sysop or Sysops have that kind of budget.   
      
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