[svlug] Earthquake

[Scott Hess]

I've heard that text messages go through on control channels, so it's
possible that everyone sending their text messages caused the system
to not be able to handle scheduling voice calls.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/06/HNsmsattacks_1.html

-scott


On 10/31/07, John Conover <conover at rahul.net> wrote:
>
> I don't think the cellular system in the BA worked that well,
> considering it was only a "moderate" quake, with no infrastructure
> damage.
>
> I had my phone on the serial port on one of my Linux boxes, and used
> it to send text messages, and dial a VOX number.
>
> The text messages seemed to have a much better chance of getting
> through than the VOX dials.
>
>         John
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