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<H1>Hams help out after hi-tech system fails</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>On Easter Thursday, <STRONG>vandals cut a vital
fibre-optic cable</STRONG> bringing down telephone services, mobile phone and
internet services in San Francisco’s South Bay Area of California.<BR><BR>It
stopped telephone, mobile phone and internet services. <STRONG>Affected were
50,000 residents,</STRONG> many businesses were forced to close their doors and
the emergency 911 system was not available for most of the day.<BR><BR>Within an
hour of learning of the outage, police vehicles were dispatched to knock on the
pre-dawn doors of members of the local emergency response
team.<BR><BR>Everything went to plan and <STRONG>radio amateurs were quick to
activate to provide communications between the most affected areas of the
outage</STRONG>.<BR><BR>Officials are praising ham radio operators, not only for
their quick response, but also for coming through when state-of-the-art
technology failed.<BR><BR>Proving once again - </FONT><EM><BR><FONT face=Verdana
size=5><STRONG>When All Else Fails, Amateur Radio
Works</STRONG></FONT></EM><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
size=5><STRONG>.<BR></STRONG></FONT><BR><STRONG>The ham radio operators became
the eyes and ears of police and fire services on the streets</STRONG>. No deaths
or injuries were reported related to the outage.<BR><BR>The Telecommunications
company AT&T has posted a $250,000 reward for information leading to the
arrest of the person or persons responsible for the
crime.<BR><BR><BR><EM><STRONG>Jim Linton, VK3PC</STRONG></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><A href="http://www.wia.org.au/" target=_blank>Wireless
Institute of Australia</A></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>