Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: claris!netcom!edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telesphere Came Through; AT&T/Sprint Let Me Down Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 89 00:36:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Edward Greenberg Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175} Lines: 15 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 465, message 7 of 8 I kinda think that it's a good idea to divide traffic capability between incoming and outgoing during a disaster. John H. suggests that he should have gotten through on ATT or Sprint, but if this was true, not only would we have a massive jam incoming, but no outgoing service either. As it was, I made one outgoing ATT call and reassured everybody outside the area by notifying my parents. Someone put it well: Better to let the people in trouble call out for help. -edg Ed Greenberg uunet!apple!netcom!edg