> > > >Since its inception, the "Internet" has > >never gone down...In the middle of Katrina, > >in the middle of the biggest California > >Earthquakes, the Internet has been available.
Tony Langdon vk3jed wrote: > That's what I've seen as well. As I have said > previously, the single biggest cause of VoIP > links in the past has been lack of standby > power at the site(s). D-STAR would be > subject to the same issues. I was told the that the Internet was still available in parts of New Orleans after Katrina eventhough the power and the telephones were out. http://www.renesys.com/tech/presentations/pdf/Renesys-Katrina-Report- 9sep2005.pdf I wonder how many internet users THINK the internet is out but its only because their cable modem went dark when the AC power quit at their location. A simple car battery and a $39 12 volt to 120 volt inverter from Wallmart would have solved that problem. Should part of every ham's emergency kit contain a way to operate their cable modem from battery power?
