Thursday, February 21, 2008
Good Question!
Is the U.S. Internet infrastructure ready to handle a pandemic?
If meeting in "real life" anywhere on the planet suddenly meant exposing yourself to a virulent, potentially deadly form of influenza, or SARS or whatever, would people be able to switch to telework (email, document exchange, IM, SL, video conferencing, etc.) and keep working? Could the infrastructure in place handle the load? (Even if, say, we all agreed no video during such an emergency?)
The experts I've polled agree, the answer is the obvious one . . . no.
Wouldn't a crash program to beef up the Internet lead to a rather real form of "HomePlanet Security." Would it be worth, oh, say, $9 Billion a month (just to pull a random figure out of the air)?
(No civilians need be harmed in such a HomePlanet Security exercise.)
Hat tip to George Sadowsky for asking!
If meeting in "real life" anywhere on the planet suddenly meant exposing yourself to a virulent, potentially deadly form of influenza, or SARS or whatever, would people be able to switch to telework (email, document exchange, IM, SL, video conferencing, etc.) and keep working? Could the infrastructure in place handle the load? (Even if, say, we all agreed no video during such an emergency?)
The experts I've polled agree, the answer is the obvious one . . . no.
Wouldn't a crash program to beef up the Internet lead to a rather real form of "HomePlanet Security." Would it be worth, oh, say, $9 Billion a month (just to pull a random figure out of the air)?
(No civilians need be harmed in such a HomePlanet Security exercise.)
Hat tip to George Sadowsky for asking!
Technorati Tags: Framing, Global, Iraq, MedicalEmergency, NationalBroadbandStrategy, Pandemic, ScenarioPlanning, War
Comments:
Post a Comment
