On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: I _demand_ a set of HECnet satellite transponders onto some satellites in geostationary orbit now. We can't have this kind of stuff disturb our valuable traffic. We also need undersea cables and redundant leased lines dedicated to area-to-area HECnet communication. And a backup DECnet-over-avian-carrier/DECnet-over-semaphore network.. Sampsa On 31 Oct 2012, at 14:16, Joe Ferraro wrote: If we only had the HF Radio DECnet link figured out... ;) Hope everything is okay for you and yours Steve (when you are able to read this).... On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> wrote: Hi all Got word from Steve Davidson in NH (USA) that he is without Internet access most likely due to what is left of Sandy. He'll advise when he's back on the "air". Fred ---- Lets call it for what it is - "legacy" is a term that people use in a polite but derogatory manner to imply that the future direction they prefer is not that which they view as the current direction.