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[Viper GTS]

A community hospital uses DSL in it's emergency room?

:Q

My God, the stupidity!

Viper GTS

 

[bigvince]

no since ive never heard "i need a copy of winzip! download it STAT!!!"

 

[Soybomb]

Really, whats internet access needed in the ER for? "I need to dump my Intel stock quick before the value drops more?" Are they doing some sort of conferencing or what I wonder....

 

[marketsons1985]

could it be that maybe they need to reference things quickly?

If not.....wierd!

 

[ratkil]

probably for video conferencing with specialists when need arises.

 

[Bryan]

Or so they can check WebMD when they're stumped. I'd rather them do that than to dial up while I'm bleeding to death.

 

[Marty]

heh

Marty

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

yes, quite warm AND fuzzy

 

[convex]

it's odd that they're running dsl... most hospitals use t1's and even 3's for the larger hospitals..t1's are considered public utilities and only have a certain ammount of downtime that is allowed

 

[IBhacknU]

I wouldn't think having such bandwith (a T1 or greater) would really matter for a community hospital.

 

[convex]

lots and lots and lots of video conferencing, lots of info gets pulled, lots of records transfered, etc.