bb wrote:

Dave Heil wrote:
bb wrote:

Dave Heil wrote:
Len Over 21 wrote:

Some say that the infrastructure "always" fails. :-)

Hardwired communications infrastructure is much more likely to
fail.

Hi! I'm sure the Chase and Bank One have switched over to digital
HF
networks moving their financial data around.

You think so? I don't.

A radio circuit is as likely to fail, or more so.

Explain how that might be, given that one needs wires or, as Phil Kane
pointed out, fiber optic line.

It is also subject
to interference and interception.

And?

My wired phones worked just fine during the Christmas ice storm.
The
adjacent wires carrying power didn't. It's all so confusing.

I can understand your confusion, Brian. The power lines carry
electricity. The telephone lines carry telephone conversations. The
gas
lines carry natural gas. Did you have any further questions?

As a matter of fact, if the downed trees cause power failures, and the
telephone lines are on the same poles and are downed, why does one have
phone service but no power?

I suppose you'll have to take that up with your power company and
telephone company, Brian. I'd have to care more about your personal
situation to spend any time researching it for you.

Dave K8MN