Re: Telephones Out US West Coast?

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Mark Leuck said:

>Kevin" <Spiritbranson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:Xns96F56D15FAFA6spiritbransonearthli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> My Question is: If you were operating a CS And you did have a Backup
>> Scenario. For Instance Forwarding all your calls to another CS. How would
>> you forward those calls if The entire network in the area was down? If the
>> switching equipment is inoperative at the CO, How would they forward your
>> calls????
>
>It would be forwarded by the telco not the CS

I think you're missing the point.  If the telco has experienced this kind
of major outage, then:

(a) How are you going to get in touch with the right people at your local
telco to make the arrangements?  Carrier pigeon?

(b) Assuming the problem is massive enough to wipe out phone service to a
large area, why would you expect the telco to be able to honor your request
to forward calls?

- badenov