[LINK] SMS - shortcomings in emergency services

[Adrian Chadd]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> > The conclusion, that SMS is unsuited to emergency notification,  
> > doesn't
> > surprise me. However, the detail of the analysis makes it well worth
> > reading.
> 
> Anyone who experienced such calamities as the Canberra bushfires etc  
> will know perfectly well that the mobile network is the first to  
> collapse under the load, and cannot be relied upon in any sense.

Calamaties aside, don't be on-call during Australia Day or NY when
things break at work.

"I didn't get the SMS!" isn't always as uhm, believed, as you'd think.
Proving the SMS network didn't transmit the message is also quite
difficult.



Adrian

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