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In article <32td0k$7pl@apple.com> emmayche@apple.com (Mark Hartman) writes:
>It really shouldn't be necessary to say the following, but I guess I'll have
>to.
>
>Any nonessential drain on these communications systems has a high probability
>of causing losses to life and property.
>
>As miniscule as telnet bandwidth is, it's still a drain on the total bandwidth
>available to the fire area.  Please, everyone - STAY OFF systems in the SLO
>area via telnet, gopher, WWW, ftp or whatever, and let the firemen and other
>emergency workers have the bandwidth for really important things.

I don't mean to flame you, since I'm sure you mean well with your
posting, but you are entirely, completely wrong.  Unless firefighters
have started communicating via the internet (I'm kidding), you are
totally incorrect in your assumption that there is some overall
aggregate bandwidth parcelled out on demand to internet connections
and phone connections equally.  Generally speaking, internet
connections to sites like SLO are carried over dedicated circuits
which are not used for voice communications.  If that circuit was
somehow needed for public safety, the link would go down and your
connection would die.  To put it simply, the Cal Poly internet
link consumes a fixed "bandwidth" regardless of the utilization of
that bandwidth.  If anything, use of the internet for communications
relieves pressure to use the long distance network for outside
communications.

Be seeing you,
David Pletcher
dpletche@dave286.risc.rockwell.com