As I'm sure you noticed the Elecraft web site was not available most of yesterday 4/9/09. This was due to several AT&T fiber cables that were cut by vandals in a man-hole located in the San Francisco bay area. Telephone service, broadband service, Sprint, and Verizon wireless were all affected. AT&T is offering a $100,00.00 reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever did this.
There is a lesson here for us all. Even though the telephone network is "protected" with fiber "rings" and protection channels it is fragile and can fail from even a small amount of damage whether it be from vandals, fire, earthquake, or just a simple auto accident. Think about it! This is the reason I do not much care for Amateur modes such as IRLP/EchoLink and D-Star that depend on the Internet for connectivity. My K2 continued to work just fine during all of this and could have provided emergency communications if needed. 73, Bill - K6WLM ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
