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Subject: Unusually Heavy Traffic the First Night?
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Date: 21 Jan 91 01:47:48 GMT
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I was wondering what effect the announcement of the start of the war
had on local phone systems last week?

I was down at the Chicago Public Library doing some production work
for the Chicagoland Radio Information Service. (This is a closed
circuit SCA radio station serving the visually handicapped residents
in northern Illinois; I've done work for them for several years.)

Someone came in my recording studio and told me we were at war ... I
watched the television for a couple minutes then tried to call my
home. The library centrex (312-269) was giving very slow dial tone,
and the first few attempts I made were met with re-order or an 'all
circuits are busy now' recording.  I used my cell phone and had the
call bounce a couple times also; but it went through on the third try.

Other than for about fifteen minutes at the start of the war,
connections here appear to be moving smoothly.  What experiences did
you have in other places?

On a related note, how are net connections to the middle east being
maintained at this time?  Are any sites able to get through at all
with news?


PAT