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Skriven 2006-07-04 13:01:56 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 1905 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Re: Situation on R2:50
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*** Quoting Michiel van der Vlist from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***


MvdV> Ok, so I misunderstood. I was under the impression that you used the D
MvdV> for the main leg of your connection with your uplink.

BTW, forgive if this is a duplicate reply.  My laptop on the ship died and I'm
not sure if the answer got out.

Defining the DSN as the 'main leg' is problematic.  I'm not sure how to
describe that with my current circumstances.  Probably describing it as 'at
cost with minor amortization' would be the best way to say it?  I hit a Japan
NTT switch on the way to the base communications even with my DSN line.

 CS> can understand the confusion easily.

MvdV> Well... how about your connection when you are at sea? That *is* at ta
MvdV> cost isn't it?

That one is the spare excess bandwidth and considered allowable usage.  I'm
transiting some 50k at average a day for the BBSing habits.  I use more by far
when doing mandated surveys off the internet .mil sites.  Neither one do I pay
directly for, but as a tax payer, I 'pay' in a sort of way.  The bandwidth is
there for real live work things like working out training classes for my crew
or transiting data about current sea state and operations, message traffic and
email on work things.

MvdV> this not meant to paint you into a corner, I was just explaining that
MvdV> you are a special case. I think it is perfectly ok for someone in your
MvdV> situation to get compensation from your employer for odd hours and bei
MvdV> away from home for extended periods. Communication facilities for thos
MvdV> away from home are and should be part of the fringe benefits.

Grin, thanks and yes, they are allowable but you'll track possibly a trend of
my responses that I keep it minimal for personal use.  We all do.  That way,
there's enough to go around for all 1,200 of us on the ship (3,000 or so when
the Marines are onboard).

The imagery data is the one that really bites, yet we need our Telemedcine
systems.  Thats one where the Docs can go live VTT while performing a surgical
technique we may not have a specialist onboard for and get real-time acess to
a specailist for that while underway.  BTW thats one of the reasons why we
keep getting sent to various 'hot spots'.  Medical doctors with 5 operating
rooms, 3 with Telemedicine hookups.  Used them quite a bit after the Tsunami. 
While we are not a 'hospital ship' we are mobile and can provide quite a bit. 
We helo'd patients in and fixed them up.  Doc 'S' (I dont repeat innocent
others names here as they may not like it) used the Telemedicine with John
Hopkins on 3 occasions.  One was that little girl with the crushed ankle which
happened from a mudslide and he was able to save the leg/foot though I do not
know what happened to her later.  The Doc at John Hopkins was talking him
through some specialist bone stuff while watching the operation in progress. 
Aother time (unrelated to the Tsunami) when one of our shipmates fell down a
ladder and had brain injury requiring immediate surgery (Bethsaida that time
if I spelled it right for the VTT link).  Dont worry though, normal stuff like
appendectomy's and such require no VTT.


MvdV> When I had a job that often took me abroad I thought it was perfectly
MvdV> natural that my employer paid for the daily telephone calls I made wit
MvdV> my wife. Your employer is the US tax payer and so I find it perfectly
MvdV> ok when the tax payer foots at least part of your telecom bill when yo
MvdV> are away from home.

Phone calls home are not free, but we have calling cards we can use and are
sold at the ship's store.  Email is free though!
                                       xxcarol

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