Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Real-time OSs (Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE) Date: 15 Aug 2025 20:41:25 GMT Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <3rkmmlxplv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <107cipt$2g8mr$9@dont-email.me> <107ghmk$3j56j$4@dont-email.me> <107kfi2$d4vh$21@dont-email.me> <107kma2$d4vh$36@dont-email.me> <107kohu$ggm3$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yBastvlrFK9v5qC8Ufuo5QgRg7+rhD13Axj5SeEF6AjKuiSQ8v Cancel-Lock: sha1:/u7nQnhQNq6aAA5M+cEEiuHKY5Q= sha256:teXYwwdXXJ5DfrKfm13teNxTbl5LlM6rkHwITLc+iTk= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71262 On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:57:33 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2025-08-15 05:53, c186282 wrote: >> On 8/14/25 12:52 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> On 2025-08-14 15:32, Rich wrote: >>>> In comp.os.linux.misc Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>>> The fact is that with POTS the phone service was assured for days >>>>> even in the case of a full power failure, and now with the >>>>> replacement, be it fibre or cellular, service is not assured.  For >>>>> whatever reasons. >>>> >>>> The old legacy analog copper POTS phone system was fully powered from >>>> the exchange building, and the exchange usually had both very large >>>> batteries plus large diesel gensets to power itself during power >>>> outages (both because of regulations requiring the backups). >>> >>> I know. I worked in that sector, and I participated in the >>> installation of one such. We tested the power failure scenario. >> >> >>   I was in an area where all the bad stuff happened - no landlines, >>   no cell, no power, no govt water - for weeks. Even most of the >>   roads were blocked. Total infrastructure failure. NOT good. >> >>   Barbara Bush DID fly in with bottled water though  :-) >> >>   The FIRST thing to come back up was the landline phones. >> >>   In any case, invest in an all-channel battery radio. Not too much >>   money, well worth it. Might be your ONLY link to What's Going On. >>   SOME have little solar charging panels built in. > > Are you thinking plain FM radio? Yes, I have one with battery > replenished days before, it was my float to safety. Shops run out of > them soon, and of batteries. Days later I got questions asked in Amazon > about the very same model I have. I have two Grundigs, a Satelite 700 and a Yachtboy. Both receive commercial AM, FM, and all the HF frequencies used by hams as well as international broadcasters. > Or do you mean two way radio? What band, 27? It is out of fashion since > internet. I've got three radios. Two operate on the amateur 2m band, one also has the 70 centimeter bands. I also have a QRP (low power, 5 watts) tranciever for the 40 meter band, Morse code only, no voice. The international broadcasters like Deutsche Welle have scaled back in favor of web sites. although they still broadcast. I go to dw.com rather than mess with schedules and propagation problems but in a pinch... Others have shut down entirely. As far as amateur radio in general, the hams are aging out. 2m handhelds had a surge with the no-code license was introduced and cell phones were still expensive. At least in this area that has died down. CB turned into a cesspool. I have no idea if it ever recovered. I should do a scan on 11 meters.