OK, thanks Andy. If SMS isn't working, I suppose helicopters with bullhorns will have to work. What's strange here is that modern military helicopters should be TCP/IP enabled, and be able to propagate a wireless network.
Andy Carvin wrote: > Actually, communications are a huge issue. Reporters have interviewed > police officers who are at their wit's end. Almost none of them have > satellite phones, and the local mobile phone networks have failed. > Some SMS is getting through, but it's sporadic. > > I talked with Larry Anderson yesterday, who's in Mississippi, a way's > north of where the damage is. He's been using his ham radio to connect > with people in the coastal towns. He described the communications as > "real grim." Once again, ham radio seems to be the one technology > that's reliable... > > andy -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Georgetown, Guyana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
