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On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, Simon Waters wrote:
On 09/10/10 19:25, Rob Beard wrote:I do wonder if post Armageddon things like telephone exchanges would still work?Depends greatly on the nature of "Armageddon". They all have redundant power, so assuming Armageddon didn't cause physical damage to the exchange, and any electrical pulses were minimal, they'll presumably work till the batteries run down.
The trouble is, BT is getting sloppy these days and is fraught with budget issues too (or so it seems)...
e.g. a small flood caused an electrical fire in a big exchange in London earlier this year that resulted in the fire brigade pumping in a few million gallons of water that made things much worse... See:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/31/burne_house_burns/ etc. Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq