Comments on: SF power outages crash major sites http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/24/sf-power-outages-crashes-major-sites/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/24/sf-power-outages-crashes-major-sites/#comment-425544 Dan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:26:04 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/24/sf-power-outages-crashes-major-sites/#comment-425544 One of the clear differences between broadcasters and computer people. Backup power is paramount to any broadcast station. WHY? Because if you are off the air you are out of business. Computer people have never understood that concept. "It's down" is a very common couple of words. Try to remember the last time you tuned to your favorite radio station and it was not on the air. Automatic startup generators with automatic power changeovers is why. And testing, over and over... this is assuming we are talking about real broadcast operations that understand the concept. When the next attack comes and widespread power is wiped out, do you think you will get information from cnn.com, google.com or from WLS, WLW, WCBS, KIRO, KNX ? Dan One of the clear differences between broadcasters and
computer people. Backup power is paramount to
any broadcast station. WHY?
Because if you are off the air you are out of business.
Computer people have never understood that concept.
“It’s down” is a very common couple of words.

Try to remember the last time you tuned to your
favorite radio station and it was not on the air.
Automatic startup generators with automatic
power changeovers is why. And testing,
over and over… this is assuming we are talking about
real broadcast operations that understand the concept.

When the next attack comes and widespread power is
wiped out, do you think you will get information from cnn.com, google.com or from WLS, WLW, WCBS, KIRO, KNX ?

Dan

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