Re: [telecom] Boston Coast Guard, yes COAST GUARD, phones are out

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the after action report should be interesting...

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> [twitter]
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> USCGNortheast
> @USCGNortheast
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> #UrgentNotice Sector Boston Command Center telephones are currently down. >
> If you or someone you know is experiencing a maritime emergency, > contact 911.
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> Mariners may also use VHF channel 16.

Wow. You'd think they'd have it working after nearly 100 years. The following article from 1921 describes ship-to-shore radio telephone service.

Here is another article from Wireless Age

By 1950, Bell advertised that 13,500 vessels