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Old January 30th 05, 02:16 AM
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Dave Heil wrote:
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Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:57:04 GMT, Dave Heil wrote:

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. I'm guessing that their data moves via

phone
lines. If the phone lines aren't there, it'll move when there

are
phone
lines.

My guess is that their mainframe stuff uses buried fiber optic
circuits. In 1988 I got the nickel tour of the then-new Union
Pacific Railroad Control Center in Omaha. The Comm chief

actually
showed me where two circuits emerged on two sides of the

building,
one running via St. Louis and the other running via Kansas

City.
In
vital data circuits, redundancy is the name of the game.

But Dave says they're likely to fail.


I have? I don't recall ever considering that radio amateurs would
attempt to pass financial data for bands in time of emergency.

It looks as if you're still confused.

Dave K8MN

David, which bands would those be? Joe Walsh? Ronnie Milsap?