> > I can't find any data or verification of that claim; am I searching > > incorrectly? For all of New Orleans and surrounding parishes? > > "In New Orleans, two major tech firms have managed to keep up and running > from the upper floors of a skyscraper though supplies of diesel fuel for > their generator are limited. Again as reported by Wired, New Orleans ISP and > web hosting firm Zipa and a related firm, DirectNIC remained online > throughout the hurricane and still continue to provide hosting services. > Their Internet connection, a fiber line buried ten stories below the city, > survived the disaster intact."
Thanks, but I thought you meant DStar gateways kept working. While a report of two (of how many?) ISP's that kept working until the diesel ran out is interesting, useful data would be statistics on how many internet end customers, such as DStar gateways, maintained a working route to a working ISP. From the looks of the water and known power failures, I think that percentage very low. However, if you were lucky enough to have your DStar repeater on top of the building where those two ISP's were housed, had power to any intermediate switches along your route, and had your own generator (since it's unlikely you would have been on their power), you would have been okay at least for a while. 73 -- John
