The Christmas Day bombing brought regional wireless communications from Georgia to Kentucky to a halt – affecting 911 call centers, hospitals, and the Nashville airport. The outage included the much touted AT&T FirstNet – a commercial priority product for first responders.

As telecommunication experts and amateur radio operators know – a centralized communications hub can be vulnerable to both natural and man made disasters. Thus the beauty of our decentralized amateur communications which prove flexible, easy to stand up and above all – resilient.

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