http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/ Engadget Comments for On the ground with AT&T's Network Disaster Recovery team http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
But then again, the RIAA can't come a-calling... Hm, decisions, decisions.,,]]>May 29th 2008 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
LAN PARTY!!!!!

I SWEAR TO GOD THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST BADDEST FRAGFEST EVAR!]]>May 29th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
http://www.wirelessweek.com/Article-Ready-Disaster.aspx]]>May 29th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/Yes, Verizon and Sprint have mobile Cell sites.. but that is just cellular. Without a CO, you won't have cellular connections.
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*I actually have to correct myself, MCI has this ability since the 90's*]]>May 29th 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201311173]]>May 29th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
Did you not read the link?... http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201311173

In addition to wireless Verizon is using MCI's (which is acquired) previous disaster abilities so it isn't just wireless!]]>May 29th 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
If you read the articles I've posted you will see that ATT isn't the only one with those CAPABILITIES, I guess those prepaid pop-ups are distracting you.
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Grace & Peace]]>Jun 16th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/Jun 3rd 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
Got your priorities straight Death Star?]]>May 29th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
"7-1-8-...$#^#$^%E%YEY#$#$#...3-2.... got it??"

"uh no....once again please"

"OK...you ready??? 7-1-8.....#^#%^#**^()*(_)^... 3-2... got it?"

"GRrrrr"]]>May 29th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
IF "unlimited data plan" = TRUE
THEN
"data meter message" = OFF

But no, that is too difficult for the company featured in this blog post, trusted with the nation's disaster management of communications.]]>May 29th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9754096-7.html]]>May 29th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/Jun 6th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
Who in that hectic time of crisis trying to find survivors under the ruble came up with “looking at last registrations from mobiles on cell sites in that area”? AT&T Wireless!

Who in that hectic time of crisis trying to find survivors under the ruble came up with “looking at any live registrations coming from mobiles in that area”? AT&T Wireless!

Who in that hectic time of crisis trying to find survivors under the ruble came up with “we should look for any SMS HELP, HURT, SOS type messages”? - AT&T Wireless!

Who in that hectic time of crisis trying to find survivors under the ruble came up with “we should look for any of these SMS type messages in multiple languages”? - AT&T Wireless!

If I were to grade each operator’s Engineers on 911 I would do it in order of who brought the ideas to the table in a tragedy: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Omnipoint (T-Mobile) and dead last Nextel (who was not yet acquired by Sprint).

Dude I listened to endless hours of tapes from a 24 by 7 engineer’s conference call. There was sooo much more that I can’t even remember and If I wasn’t a tech head and it wasn’t such a tragedy I would have zoned out listening to it all, but what I heard was waaaay to compelling!!]]>May 29th 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
Am I the only one who read this??

How exactly is that failing?

Their time frame was stated at 168 hours (about a week), they had the network up and running in 53 hours, 3x faster then what they allow themselves.

Good work guys!]]>May 29th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
I'd say that AT&T (whether it be the old AT&T or the new SBC-AT&T) has had more than enough experience in handling these types of situations.

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This is what you get when you give Real Engineers the money to do it right. It's nice to see that not everything about the phone system has been downsized, cheaped-out and outsourced. I still miss the old Bell System, just a bit.]]>May 29th 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
I had a tour of the AT&T POP in Mpls back in 1995, and this is pretty much what the guy described as the DR setup at the time, with the addition of more satellite and cellular goodness.

It's nice to see that not everything now is about efficiency- effectiveness still counts too!]]>May 29th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 30th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/May 29th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
You think they pulled this off without forethought and planning?

http://www.long-lines.net/operations/MiracleOnSecondAvenue/FC.html

I know, that is not cellular. Neither is the bulk of the equipment in the
article.

And yes, wireless DID have a recovery team program BEFORE 9-11

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Ability and capability are two different things.

Ability is the capacity to do something.... period.

Capability is generally a term applied to something that not only you are able to do, but you do (or don't) particularly well...

As used in "My speed of service was beyond his capability!" the word capability implies that we both had the ability to do something, but in context means that my ability was greater. Used in context to this situation: "I am much more capable of picking up on context clues then you" or "I didn't know people could be capable of such stupid nit-picking".

And if anybody picks up the irony in that last sentence, then hurrah!]]>May 29th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/on-the-ground-with-atandts-network-disaster-recovery-team/
'Who called the semantic police anyways?]]>May 29th 2008 4:56PM