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Or I can use my laptop battery and dial outside the blackout zone and connect to the internet that way.
That's how we figured out what the heck was up with our power outage last month. We have an emergency dial up connection for just that sort of event.
Or I can use my laptop battery and dial outside the blackout zone and connect to the internet that way.
Augh!
The internet is down, chica. What now?
We have an emergency dial up connection for just that sort of event.
I used to, but it's certainly possible that I've signed up for a temporary AOL account on the fly.
I now realise that Earthlink DSL provided me with dialup backup, but the cablemodem doesn't.
The internet is down, chica. What now?
Life is no longer worth living. I just type my suicide note into my PDA and end it all.
I now realise that Earthlink DSL provided me with dialup backup, but the cablemodem doesn't.
I was just having that same thought.
The cell towers run on electricty, O, my people.
I seem to remember using my phone during the blackout.
amych, nanny-share mom and another person I work with who lives in your hood both have Honda scooters (one is blue and one is red, so if you get one get a black one so you can tell it apart!). RFMom really likes the freedom hers gives her (to leave the minivan with the nanny), but it's wicked cold and windy in winter. If it's pouring rain at 10pm she sometimes takes saferides home. I can hook you up to ask about it if you want.
Some of the cell towers have diesel backup generators.
I'm pretty sure the Other Person You Work With is the neighbor I'm thinking of, flea (unless there's yet another scooter in the org), but I haven't run into her since I hatched the great idea. Still, I'd love nanny-share-mom's info to get a third opinion.
Of course, since we all live in the same neighborhood, the commute issues are probably pretty much the same....
I get it. It is all about having fun with the rube. Tech cannot fail. There will always be someone you can call.
I get it, now.
The landline phone system has multiple redundancies built into it, but lots of cell systems do not. If, for instance, the Central Austin cell tower system were suddenly overloaded and a few towers fail at the same time, a few calls could still get through some of the outlying collocated switches, but most calls would probably never get to a switch. I'm sure larger cities have more redundancy built in, though.