Subj : Re: Power outage
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Feb 24 2021 18:35:00

Sean,

 SD> I am looking at getting Nomad Internet.  It's 4G LTE Internet access,
 SD> good in 98% of the US.  They have mobile and home setups with different
 SD> routers.  It's $130 a month but it's incredibly fast and not throttled
 SD> at all.  So if I move or decide to live full time in a RV on the road,
 SD> I can do that and have the same Internet access wherever I go.

  Interesting. I gather your BBS would be mobile with you??

 SD> Fun fact: Siemens builds all of the Generac equipment.  I used to do
 SD> partial support for Generac stuff when I worked at Siemens here in
 SD> Johnson City.

  I saw a post where right now, Generac can't build generators fast
enough...in the wake of the 2 monster winter storms in this part of
the country last week.

 SD> Another fun fact: the programmable logic controller, heavily used by
 SD> industry, was invented here in Johnson City by TI a few decades ago.

  Interesting.

 SD> That's why I am interested in Nomad Internet as cell towers are
 SD> typically pretty resistant to weather issues though admittedly if after
 SD> a disaster, the cell system gets overloaded, that might be dicey for
 SD> access.

  The day I had the car wreck, it was light rain and 40 degrees. Both
the Verizon and T-Mobile phone had trouble getting through to 911. At
least one of the numbers made it through, then I got dropped. I was
then called back, and I told them what had happened...and they said
"We've got people on the way". They sent a fire department batallion
chief, 2 police cars, and 2 ambulances. I basically "walked away" from
the wreck, mainly because my airbags didn't deploy...but, the car got
totaled out. However, I sustained some chiropractic injuries, and have
been getting treatment. I would've finished it up this week, but the
clinic was closed all last week for the snow and ice everywhere. But,
around here, whenever there are weather issues, the cellphone networks
are the first thing to crash. It's like they "wait until the last 
minute to evacuate downtown".

Daryl

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