On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:28:21 EDT, Foxs Mercantile
wrote:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/20/how-a-dumb-software-glitch-kept-6600-calls-from-getting-to-911/

Serves 'em right. That only affected wireless (and cable/VoIP) 9-1-1
access.

Showed two glaring errors -- the E9-1-1 PSAPs should never have
contracted it out to a single-source third party (or any third party,
at that), and the public never shudda' dumped their the wired
telephones because they now had a whiz-band transceiver called a
cell/smart phone. Not too smart in my book.

Notice that ham radio was NOT activated to cover the outage. Was it
on purpose? The decision is left to the reader.

Phil Kane
Beaverton, OR