"Moron Gene Storey" wrote in message
news:gpeCb.639$z74.427@okepread03...
"Dr. A.T. Squeegee" wrote

In short: IRLP has its uses, but it will never replace true radio
work.

IRLP is radio hooked to a network. It's the future of public service
and emergency communications. There is no radio manufacturer in
the commercial world who doesn't believe in network radio linking.
Hams should get onboard rather than fight it. This is the 21st Century.


Yeah, riiiight. They really proved EchoLink and IRLP's worth during the
northeast blackout a month or so back. First, the non-ham stuff became
grossly overcongested because they had idiots trying to "help" from all over
the planet at once. Then, they both simply shut down as Internet access went
away. - Leaving hams using ham radio to handle the emergency when the
non-ham stuff went belly-up, as usual.

The loss of Internet access would have shut them down, but it was too
late... They had already shut themselves down through overcongestion before
it had a chance to.

"Future of public service and emergency communications"... Haw hawr! Good
one, Gene!

Charles Brabham, N5PVL
Director: USPacket.Net
http://www.uspacket.net