In a message on Monday 09-18-16 Jimmy Anderson said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hello Jimmy,   
      
    HG> Do you expect Winlink to work when all the cellphone nets and ISP's   
    HG> go down? I wouldn't.   
      
   JA> Well, if the LOCAL cell net is down but HAM is up you could at least   
   JA> use Winlink to get a message out from the local area to a place   
   JA> where it was working. Or am I not understanding it correctly? I   
   JA> thought he would link some Winlink repeaters so it's ALL HAM   
   JA> traffic.   
      
   If the cell net goes down, so does the ISP's. In a disaster, usually all   
   providers, be they cell- or inter-net, go down.   
      
   A ham repeater may work some time, if it has a battery back-up, but once   
   that is depleted, it will also go down.   
      
   Still, without an Internet Service Provider (ISP), to connect to, even   
   Winlink is dead.   
      
    JA> course BBS's have small enough data footprints that you COULD work   
    JA> them at 9600 baud if you needed to...   
      
    HG> Yes, as long as you still have a POTS line and a modem in your   
    HG> computer.   
      
   JA> I meant the Winlink operates at 9600.   
      
   Against what, when the providers are down ??   
      
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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