[VoiceOps] DC Earthquake

[Frank Bulk]

Does anyone know if those systems worked effectively in this situation?

Frank

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From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:11 PM
To: voiceops at voiceops.org
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] DC Earthquake

Yes, it's called WPS:

http://wps.ncs.gov/

Also see GETS:

http://gets.ncs.gov/

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Scott Berkman <scott at sberkman.net> wrote:
> Aren’t there all sorts of controls in the cellular network that preserve
> priority for “emergency” communications such as federal agencies, fire and
> ambulance, and law enforcement?  I’ve heard general speculation about
this,
> but nothing from anyone that actually knows the networks.
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> Perhaps FEMA or other OEM (Office of Emergency Management, not original
> equipment manufacturers) departments have some button they can press that
> puts tighter restrictions in place for civilian use of the networks when
> disaster strikes, explaining the capacity issues so many people saw.
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> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org]
> On Behalf Of Colin
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:48 PM
> To: Oren Yehezkely
> Cc: VoiceOps at voiceops.org
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] DC Earthquake
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> Meh,
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> Just more proof the cell networks can't handle any type of load which is
> great since nothing will be done about it.
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> On Aug 23, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Oren Yehezkely wrote:
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> It's a saturated network.
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> FEMA just issued a statement asking the public not to use the cell phones
in
> the next few hours unless it is an emergency.
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> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Darren Schreiber <d at d-man.org> wrote:
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> Automatic holiday ;-)
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> On 8/23/11 11:24 AM, "Colin" <zavoid at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Well I didn't feel the quake here in NJ(although others did).  I can't
>>reach anyone on AT&T's wireless network(and i could before i swear!) in
>>NJ or D.C.  Anyone else having similar issues?
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>>Colin
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