-=> mark lewis wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
      
    JA> None of the people I deal with have them or ever talk about them. Even   
    JA> when I mention HAM they say, "but I have my cell phone for that." :-)   
      
    ml> you should ask them how they're gonna talk to anyone at a distance   
    ml> after a natural disaster shuts down the cell networks... for that   
    ml> matter, ask those with VoIP phones how they're gonna call their ISP to   
    ml> report problems or outtage when their network connection isn't working   
    ml> ;) ;) ;)   
      
   EXACTLY! And I live almost on a fault line (New Madrid - look it up -    
   Reelfoot Lake, etc.). It's not a matter of IF but WHEN.    
      
   Heck, even the local radio network provider said to me one day, "when   
   the big one hits you guys [us HAMs] will be the only ones talking!"   
      
   There's a guy semi-local that wants to get Winlink set up. I'd love to   
   be involved with that at some level. Just sending email would be a   
   boon in a time like that! Then of course BBS's have small enough data   
   footprints that you COULD work them at 9600 baud if you needed to...   
      
      
   ... U.S. Mint workers on strike-they want to make less money.   
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