In a message on Saturday 09-16-16 Jimmy Anderson said to Mark Lewis:   
      
   -=> mark lewis wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
      
    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> ;) ;) ;)   
      
   JA> There's a guy semi-local that wants to get Winlink set up.   
   JA> Just sending email would be a boon in a time like that! Then of   
      
   Do you expect Winlink to work when all the cellphone nets and ISP's go   
   down? I wouldn't.   
      
   JA> course BBS's have small enough data footprints that you COULD work   
   JA> them at 9600 baud if you needed to...   
      
   Yes, as long as you still have a POTS line and a modem in your computer.   
      
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   Holger   
      
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