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From: marc@noe.UUCP (Marc de Groot)
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Subject: Re: Disaster Planning
Keywords: doom naysayers death destruction
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Date: 29 Oct 89 21:38:28 GMT
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In article <103@farcomp.UUCP> shibumi@farcomp.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover) writes:
>I propose that there be an disaster plan for USENET that entails its being
>"turned off" in local areas during periods when utility services are
>suffering excessive loading.  

Of course, such proposals are more likely to get you flamed than get you
results.

Right after the earthquake my computer went off hook and dialed without
being given a dial tone.  When it got no answer, it hung up again and
waited an hour.

Offhook time was about thirty or forty seconds per hour.  No connects
were made.

When I consider the activities of people on the phone after the quake, who
became human auto-redialers until they got through, I think the load
my machine put on the phone system was minimal.

Perhaps you will do better by proposing that dialing scripts not
overdo it on redial.

Just my $0.02 

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Marc de Groot (KG6KF)                   These ARE my employer's opinions!
Noe Systems, San Francisco
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