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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (7874)	8/8/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

The Internet was designed to withstand a nuclear attack, so here is an idea if the telephone companies go down from Y too Kay. Cheeky.... How do most people actually access the internet?? A modem, right?? What is that modem connected to?? Sorry, unless you have a direct connect to an internet gateway, the odds are funphone or Net2phone, or NetMeeting will prove extraneous. Now do I expect the phone grid to go down?? Not really.. but its possible. However, in that case, I imagine I'll be otherwise occupied and won't have the time to make calls... :0) Btw, yes.. the internet was designed to withstand a nuclear attack of a limited sort, not an all-out attack.

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (7874)	8/8/1999 11:22:00 PM
From: bearcub	Respond to of 9818

the original net ARPA was designed to take nuclear attack into account, on THAT we can agree. i doubt SI or AOL's mainframe servers can take a direct hit, though. of course, no one will miss prodigy or compuserve :)

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (7874)	8/9/1999 12:06:00 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

There is a thread on SI dedicated to Funphone. Subject 26666 Most people do access the internet via modems, however with the advent of cable modems and DSL there are other options. The telecommunications network is truly the most reliable system out there. Have you ever seen a local C.O. (Central Office), they are constructed to withstand earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, nuclear attacks (I forget what the exact distance specification is though, obviously not a direct hit) and guess what...those 5ESS and 4ESS and DMS switches were the first on the block to be Y2K compliant. As far as the internet equipment (routers and such), there has been a massive program in the industry to ensure that everyone is compliant. If nothing else works, the telecommunications network will. JXM