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Flu-wary telecommuters may clog Web networks, GAO says
WP ^ | 10/28/09 | Cecilia Kang

Posted on 10/28/2009 9:18:10 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Flu-wary telecommuters may clog Web networks, GAO says

By Cecilia Kang

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

As the spread of the H1N1 flu keeps more Americans away from work and school, a federal report warns that all those people logging on to the Web from home could overwhelm Internet networks.

The Government Accountability Office reported earlier this week that if the flu reaches a pandemic, a surge in telecommuting and children accessing video files and games at home could bog down local networks.

And if that were to happen, it is not clear whether the federal government is prepared to deal with the problem, the GAO said.

The Department of Homeland Security is in charge of communications networks during times of national emergency. But it doesn't have a strategy to deal with overloaded Internet networks -- an essential resource to keep the economy humming, and residents informed and connected during a pandemic, the GAO said. Furthermore, the DHS hasn't coordinated with agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission to create guidelines for how telecom, cable and satellite providers can minimize congestion.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clog; flu; gao; h1n1; influenza; internet; networks; swineflu; telecommuters; web

1 posted on 10/28/2009 9:18:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 10/28/2009 9:18:50 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; ShadowAce

We will know soon in the DC area. The Metro is already packed.


3 posted on 10/28/2009 9:20:24 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

LOL... Doesn’t everyone use the internet at the office too? Internet usage is likely up worldwide, because people are trying to stay as informed as possible about the Obamanation going on in DC.


4 posted on 10/28/2009 9:23:36 AM PDT by nagdt ("speak the truth but leave immediately afterward")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

OMG! The sky is falling!!!!

Can we just eliminate/outlaw/get rid of all these stories that have “may” “could” “might” in their main storyline?

Sheesh, it gets old really quick.


5 posted on 10/28/2009 9:36:36 AM PDT by copaliscrossing (Progressives are Socialists)
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To: nagdt
Doesn’t everyone use the internet at the office too?
6 posted on 10/28/2009 9:43:01 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Translation: Too many people are getting/staying informed as to what we are doing in DC - and the ability to communicate has always been one of the first things a dictator must shut down.

Without the ability of WE the People to stay informed and to pass information along, this administration and it's minions would have already solidified it's Coup - and gotten the so-called health care, cap and trade and other take over machinations in concrete.

Always read between the lines because, like the lawyers (and Socialis/Marxists) they are, they never speak the truth, but are taught to obfuscate, stretch and parse, even down to such tiny words as “is”.

7 posted on 10/28/2009 9:55:16 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" LINCOLN)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Does the Obama administration think EVERYTHING is under their control?
This is nuts.


8 posted on 10/28/2009 10:09:49 AM PDT by GOPJ (We knew more about Joe the Plumber in 24 hours than we did about Obama in 24 months-nascarnation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I have an open internet connection all day, every day at work.


9 posted on 10/28/2009 4:43:01 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Is there ANYTHING this flu can’t do? It’s a miraculous flu!

(Just sneeze into your elbow, drink yer NyQuil an’ shuddap!)


10 posted on 10/28/2009 6:55:25 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s all pipes, you know.


11 posted on 10/28/2009 6:57:38 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
obama,swine flu,politics,satire,swine cru
12 posted on 10/28/2009 7:01:26 PM PDT by Flag_This (ACORN delenda est)
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To: Flag_This

Nice pic. Nostrilitus Waxman fits right in without alteration.


13 posted on 10/28/2009 7:32:15 PM PDT by Zman516 (socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
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