The phone system was designed to sure a major attack and or nuclear attack. This is one reason why if you look at the telco buidings there is little or no windows on the buildings. AT&T spent $200 million on a communications cable from coast to coast (The Day after World War Three pp277-279 by Edward Zuckerman) . The cable is in a concrete reinforced tunnel that was designed to withstand a 100 psi blast. The tunnel also has manned stations with lead shielded blast doors. AT&T has most certainly used this tunnel for Sonet traffic. So in a larger sense the internet was designed to survive a nuclear attack.
--- Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > > On Jun 21, 2006, at 8:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > >> The 'Net was designed to survive a nuclear > attack. It would be > >> > > It turns out that it is an urban legend that the net > was designed to > survive a nuclear attack. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET#The_ARPANET_and_nuclear_attacks > > -- > Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right > Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text > > > -- > KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
