After thinking about this for several months and reading a story from the Seattle Times, (link to Microsoft's new Office 365, an online version of Google Apps.) I began to wonder what would happen to those office workers and other people would do if the internet went down for several hours to several weeks?
With cloud computing becoming of a platform for Office applications, Email, BookMark Syncing and the list could go on?
What would happen? If your wireless router, business router, home router, link up the router food chain went out?
What would happen if your ISP went down and you had no connection to the internet. Or a Backbone provider kicked your ISP provider for failing to pay them for service and you were the customer of that ISP?
Even a natural disaster could take out communications for days, if not weeks, maybe months in a situation.
Maybe its time for the average home user starts thinking of backup solutions for this type of situation. And mobile platforms are not as secure as one thinks from this type of issue. Mobile phones could be kicked off for non-payment, overloading of phone circuits, bad tower connections or a natural disaster could knock them out completely. If this were to occur, I would think your LAST thought would be if your Cell phone, PDA, Iphone or connected tablet is your first issue!
If your business "depends" on the Internet access, even in the worst of times, what is your plan on having it? I know for the average person, they can wait until a phone, cable provider, internet service provider, local co-op or ? can come in with an installer, trouble-shooter and fix the average problem.
With more and more of our daily lives from Office Apps to Games to buying your average food, book or other online purchases through various providers, could you deal with no internet access? Do you have backup plans for no power or for an extended time without power?
There are a lot of questions that I have. May be someone out there has answers. I would love to hear them.
