On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 5:55 PM pete M petem001@hotmail.com wrote:
Chris is totally right in saying that 44net is NOT intended for life supporting situation as ham radio cannot also be the sole method to support a life threatening situation.
Yes 44net CAN be use for emcom, but it should not be considered as the only mean of communication support for it.
I would like to hear ARDC's official position on this, please.
It is the exact same limitation that any ISP will give you if you use a residential internet connection to support a 911 call center.
The device used in a 911 call center may look as the one you have at home. But it is not and there is redundancy and such other technical mean to make sure no life threatening situation is affected by the ISP drop and the cost is a lot different.
So don't expect ARDC to support life support use of the 44net ip space as it is NOT the level of use it is designed to uphold
On the one hand, I think that emcomm is strangling amateur radio to death and should be deemphasized. But on the other hand, I imagine that people who would be making use of 44net address space for this sort of thing would be doing so strictly as a backup in a multi-layer redundant comm plan. But I don't know. Regardless, we had a very officious sounding email that cited the policies around using ARDC address space; I think some additional clarity here would be beneficial and would be appreciated.
Thanks and 73,
- Dan C. (KZ2X)
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 5:13 PM Chris Smith via 44net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
[snip] I’m not saying that it WOULD happen intentionally, only that is COULD happen, and therefore ARDC addresses cannot be guaranteed. My point is that, together with the context of the first extract above, nobody should be using ARDC address space in such a manner that anyone’s life is dependant upon them. This point is particularly relevant where address space that isn’t even registered in the portal is being used for emergency communications.
I see. So just to clarify, you are saying that it is ARDC's official position that emcomm is not an appropriate use of the 44net address space?
- Dan C. (KZ2X)
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