[LINK] Indonesia Overtaking Australia with Wireless Internet

[David Boxall]

On 6/06/2011 9:43 AM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> On 6/06/11 9:08 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>> Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> ...
>> Will it work in a flood or earthquake?
> No worse than a mobile network, since the mobile network depends on
> fixed connections that will be similarly affected by flood or earthquake.
> ...

Usage patterns have a substantial impact. In Japan, during the most 
recent earthquake and tsunami, the mobile networks went down while 
landlines kept operating. The apparent reason is that most subscribers 
tried to use their mobiles rather than find a landline phone.

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