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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (11174)	9/2/2005 12:26:29 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Frank, washingtonpost.com Experts said it could be months before the full telecommunications network is restored, especially in New Orleans. "This is the worst I have seen from an operations perspective," said Hossein Eslambolchi, chief technology officer of AT&T Corp. and a veteran of several natural disasters. "You almost have to rebuild the city. It may take an entire year." Flooding also is damaging generators and the computer electronics that power telephone networks. Simply drying them out won't suffice. "If the water gets into the electronics, you can pretty much forget it," Eslambolchi said. They will need to be replaced. One of the greatest problems for companies was just getting through to inspect damage in places like New Orleans, where police turned people away because of the danger from flooding and downed electrical lines. Sprint Nextel Corp. said it was massing technicians, power generators and fuel in Baton Rouge, La., so they would be ready to roll when New Orleans is opened up. Reed E. Hundt, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said the scale of the damage would make it hard to repair, and he bemoaned the government's failure to develop an emergency wireless network for rescue workers. "We always discover the same thing," he said. "We need a national emergency communications network and we don't have one." The Levee story alternet.org petere