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Message no. 1
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: 2056 era phones
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:48:55 -0500
While spending this weekend with both electrical and phone service down due to
some bad storms, it occured to me how nasty it is to lose both at the same time. It
then occured to me that in the fiber-optic world of Shadowrun, unlike "modern"
phones, basic power to run the phones would not being coming in on the phone
line.

In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
service.

Might make an interesting facet of an adventure.

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 2
From: Sight Unseen <toabo@****.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: 2056 era phones
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:06:56 -0500
>In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
>service.
>
A corollary question: if you lose power in an area of the city,
does that mean the entire Matrix is shut down in that area?

Enigma
Message no. 3
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: 2056 era phones -Reply
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:24:53 -0500
>>In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
>>service.
>>
> A corollary question: if you lose power in an area of the city, does that
>mean the entire Matrix is shut down in that area?
>
>Enigma

My guess: probably not. Most corps etc. will have backup generators and be
independent of local power, so their computers stay up. The local telecom (i.e.
the LTG) will have its own power too.

If you were cruising the matrix w/ your battery powered deck and a large area of
the city went dark, I'd say you might notice many of the smaller icons disapear,
and many of the others flicker briefly as they switch over to backup power. If you
were in one of the mom-and-pop systems that didn't have a generator, poof-you're
dumped.

The above is IMHO.

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: 2056 era phones
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:28:48 +0000
|
|While spending this weekend with both electrical and phone service down due to
|some bad storms, it occured to me how nasty it is to lose both at the same time. It
|then occured to me that in the fiber-optic world of Shadowrun, unlike "modern"
|phones, basic power to run the phones would not being coming in on the phone
|line.
|
|In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
|service.

I'd imagine phones would have a reasonable battery back-up supply built
in....
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Message no. 5
From: Stephen Delear <shadow@***.COM>
Subject: Re: 2056 era phones
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:20:35 -0600
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Sight Unseen wrote:

> >In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
> >service.
> >
> A corollary question: if you lose power in an area of the city,
> does that mean the entire Matrix is shut down in that area?
>
> Enigma
>
I think it's logical to assume that by 2056 some one has come up with a
battery with a long enough life to make this a non-issue at least as far
as telephones go. If the matrix goes down or not depends on what kind of
backup power supply is being used.

SteveD

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