There´s a long time ago, since I don´t see such a huge caos as far as comunications are concerned. Today there has been a huge sabotage in Telefonica (national communication company) wirings. Mobiles were dead in more than 15 regions, internet wasn´t available. And there was a caothic situation in many Spanish airports. Delays, cancelations and so on. Official buildings, computers in hospitals, damps and Power stations were affected. It seems that a YK2 can occur in a moment. It´s suprising how such an attack could paralize a country for some hours. And Telefonica systems are really advanced so you may suppose that this could occur anywhere.
By: mixtec - 16th June 2002 at 03:37
RE: Caos in Spain
Normally in computer technology, higher bandwidth means better quality data transmission. This isnt quite the case for wireless technology. First off higher radio frequencys nessesary for high bandwidth dont carry as far as lower long wave frequencys. Also a high amount of compression is required for even conventional digital cellular wireless. Super highspeed swithching is required in ultra high data rates in the newer ultra high bandwidth formats. Europe mostly uses GSM which I believe they are trying to make there universal standard. Here in the US we have some GSM as well as some other formats that are out there on the bleeding edge of technology. Japan has a wireless data/cell phone system called i-mode/DoCoMo, whats great about it is its able to function on low data transmission rates of convetional wireless cell phones. These PDA/cell phones use cHTML (compact HTML) which is a low bandwidth subset of regular HTML. There starting to introduce this system in germany I believe.
By: kkbelos - 15th June 2002 at 13:27
RE: Caos in Spain
Even planes came really late last night. I
>still don´t see any conection between telephone lines and
>air traffic.
Well, the communication between Madrid FIR center in Torrejon and Santiago (which holds not only Santiago Airport Traffic but all of Galicia´s airports aproximations) is by telephone link, so I guess they had to redirect all the communications.
By: keltic - 15th June 2002 at 13:01
RE: Caos in Spain
This has had to do with the general strike which will take place next week. Intense sabotage was found (wiring cuts with power saws). Several members of the Trade Unions has been put under detention. There are other versions. Yesterday there was the 25th aniversary of the arrival of democracy to Spain, so there are suspicious of ultra right sectors could have performed such a thing. I am not surprised at some lunatics behavoir. What surprimes me more is the effects. Even planes came really late last night. I still don´t see any conection between telephone lines and air traffic.
By: Geforce - 15th June 2002 at 10:03
RE: Caos in Spain
Same problems we have here in Belgium. It has to do with the liberalisation of the European market. Deutsche Telekom and Vodacom for example are also beginning services in Belgium, which means a lot of chaos between our own providers and the new ones. Same will happen with energy and electricity. Germany is buying electricty from France, and this has to go through Belgium. Last month, we could avoid a major malfunction in our own systems.
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