From: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 10:49:07 +0800
To: Blak Dayz <102540.2453@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Satellite Movement?
Message-ID: <199609112356.TAA16477@attrh1.attrh.att.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


>Blak Dayz wrote:
>>         I was out buying groceries and after they scanned the shit
through they
>> told me that all the ATMs in the City were out due to connection
problems. So i
>> go home and start trying to scan for the shits and i cant find them. If
anyone
>> knows what the hell happened i would appreciate the details. I believe it may
>> have been a solar flare that caused the companies to redirect their
satellites.

Alternatively, it may be that the host earth station that the VSAT providers
uses was affected by the hurricane.  But different ATM providers use different
technologies for connecting their ATM networks, and may mix technologies if
that's
cheapest.  VSATs are one approach, leased lines another (generally multidrop
with ugly IBMish protocols), X.25 networks, frame relay networks, etc.
Maybe all the ATM machines run by your bank were out.  But taking out all the
ATM machines in a money-using city like New York would require some major
disaster,
like a nuclear explosion or a stupid regulation written by a government
official.

#			Thanks;  Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
# <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> 	
# You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto