-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Steve Sobol Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:25 PM To: North American Networking & Offtopic Gripes Subject: Re: London incidents

Jim Popovitch wrote:

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I think the world has shown that cellphones have been used over and over to detonate explosive devices. Why wait for it to be proved again before doing something? AFAIK "Emergency Only" mode allows for 911 calls,

And means nothing if power is cut to the cell sites and you can't connect to anything. Emergency mode only works where there is a signal.

Good points. And thanks for not saying "Google said...". Independant sources are not listed in google. :-). [ObSecOp: FWIW, you can google how a cell phone can be used as a detonator and it does tend to demonstrate some thought on controlling cell signals as security policy...THAT is a good use for google.. -M< ] ObTechnoPoliButOffTopic: If the UK GOV makes a tacit denial of such an event that would hold more[1] credibility than them pointing at others saying they didn't do it. [1] Slightly more, depending upon how high up. -M<