We can modernize, but we need to build it with #LifeSafety as a foundational guiding principle. There is a reason we send seemingly archaic hardware into space. Its proven. Its reliable and robust enough to _count_ upon.
When you qualify it as an ’emerging ecosystem’ you are admitting it is neither of those things. We _just had_ a great reminder of why we need a robust, survivable, communications infrastructure in place. Such as the kind they are maintaining at great expense, because we dont use it for recreational purposes anymore.
All those pics of people charging their cell phones on power strips supplied by fortunate neighbors were amusing… because there is nothing requiring those cell towers have adequate backup power to supply you with a signal. Not the way the non-IP-based land lines of yesteryear were.
Times change, and we need to move with it, but not without a healthy respect for history and the lives given that taught us lessons the hard way.
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And if you’re confused what I’m talking about, it boils down to this:
People > Profit
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People > Profit
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