[AMRadio] Ebs Test failure

Thu Nov 10 20:24:44 EST 2011

Indeed.  The "internet" and "Cell service" are under the perview of the
FCC, where $ and connections/pull mean much more than science & engineering.

My old school land line phone (Century Link now) is controlled big-time by
our Corporation Comission, and they have to respond promptly by law to
service problems and customer complaints.

Deregulation has done nothing for the quality of any industry in this
country, only their bottom line.

73DG

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Brett Gazdzinski <
Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net> wrote:

> I work in the telecom industry, and can tell you almost everything is
> digital or IP based, and it all flows over the same limited fiber network.
> I doubt you can make a phone call between houses in many places in the
> country that does not have the signal go digital and/or IP based.
>
> To make matters worse, much of the provisioning and other work is done in
> other countries in South America and the Philippines and other places.
> And its not just the telecom industry, many banks use disaster recovery
> places for backup, and they use overseas people to do the work.
>
> Funny, but I have installed routers at DHS sites, places where they have an
> actual vault for holding meetings where classified info is discussed, and I
> am working with someone overseas to configure the equipment.
> They do not speak English very well, but have all the passwords and so
> on...
>
> We used to do the network for the FAA, radio and data, and it was some time
> ago they switched everything to VoIP and routers.
>
> The DHS has some good modern stuff, they seem to have a good budget, most
> of
> it a waste of money most likely, but its up to modern business standards.
>
> The lack of government regulation, or enforcement is what usually causes
> problems, companies (and people) will always look for away to get more
> money, doing whatever it takes.
> Someone will hack into things and stop everything from working, and people
> will scream why did the government let it happen....
> It happens over and over again, and people just don't get it.
> Enron,
> WorldCom,
> 911,
> The gulf oil spill,
> The bank/mortgage meltdown,
> The IP meltdown?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BILL GUYGER" <bguyger at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ebs Test failure
>
>
> Yeah, I think eventually the CAP info could be relayed to cell phones via
> streaming from stations but initially I think it's just for more complete
> messaging to the broadcast entities.
>
> I'm still kind of worried about the fallibility of all the high tech stuff.
> Robert Heinlein said "Put all your eggs into one basket, but guard the Hell
> out
> of that basket". Not sure we're doing that. He also said "Technology
> reached
> its
> zenith with the invention of the fork and has been growing decadent ever
> since."
> Smart feller there.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert A. Poff WB3AWJ <wb3awj at comcast.net>
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net
> >
> Sent: Thu, November 10, 2011 1:31:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ebs Test failure
>
>
>
> As to sending alerts to cell phones...... Bill, isn't that part of the
> intent
> with new CAP protocol?
>
>
>
> I think anyone who has been in broadcasting KNEW it wasn't going to go
> well.
>
> Heck, when I was a C.E. here in York PA, it was common for PEMA to flub the
> monthly test somehow.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert A. Poff
> Loganville, PA.
>
>
> "Lieutenant, target the offending power boat and launch photon torpedoes"
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
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> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ebs Test failure
>
> >
> > 1. Re: Ebs Test failure (Todd, KA1KAQ)
>
> <snip> I was sorta surprised that the NOAA weather radio didn't
> sound off.
>
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