Comments on: Sweden Uses Text Messaging to Speed Lebanon Evacuation http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: dutchmarbel http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/comment-page-1/#comment-91108 dutchmarbel Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:58:08 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/#comment-91108 Ah, no I now see that they send messages to everyone via roaming agreements. Smart. I got curious and googled about the Dutch procedure. Appearantly we used <a href="http://libanon-update.blogspot.com/2006/07/evacueren-doe-je-zo.html" rel="nofollow">sms too</a>. Also because email is not handy when electricity is sporadic. The Dutch blogger I linked to shows the (Dutch) messages, and says that the embassy appointed contactpersons (he was one) who would call everybody who didn't have a mobile phone to repeat the sms text to them. He also said the embassy only used the sms numbers given to them by the owners. In his post from today he says that he cannot use his mobile anymore though, because the provider had been bombed. I actually hadn't thought about the information logistics before your post. Ah, no I now see that they send messages to everyone via roaming agreements. Smart.

I got curious and googled about the Dutch procedure. Appearantly we used sms too. Also because email is not handy when electricity is sporadic. The Dutch blogger I linked to shows the (Dutch) messages, and says that the embassy appointed contactpersons (he was one) who would call everybody who didn't have a mobile phone to repeat the sms text to them. He also said the embassy only used the sms numbers given to them by the owners. In his post from today he says that he cannot use his mobile anymore though, because the provider had been bombed.

I actually hadn't thought about the information logistics before your post.

]]> By: dutchmarbel http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/comment-page-1/#comment-91105 dutchmarbel Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:20:23 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/#comment-91105 I read 'being registred' as 'having a lebanese address to send the phonebills to' :) Glad the telemarketing is not as bad as I remembered. I read 'being registred' as 'having a lebanese address to send the phonebills to' :)

Glad the telemarketing is not as bad as I remembered.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/comment-page-1/#comment-91103 James Joyner Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:06:25 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/#comment-91103 DM: Actually, we passed a federal Do Not Call list a few years back allowing people to opt out of telemarketing and imposing heavy penalties on those who called. And they at least were able to figure out which cell phone holders were in Lebanon, so it's a form of tracking. DM: Actually, we passed a federal Do Not Call list a few years back allowing people to opt out of telemarketing and imposing heavy penalties on those who called.

And they at least were able to figure out which cell phone holders were in Lebanon, so it's a form of tracking.

]]> By: dutchmarbel http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/comment-page-1/#comment-91095 dutchmarbel Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:39:13 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/#comment-91095 According to your story they were not tracked but called. Didn't the US vote in favour of allowing marketeers call everybody they wanted? Kudo's to the swedes. I'm pretty sure we would have had a hard time too with so many people (we only had to evacuate a few hundred) According to your story they were not tracked but called. Didn't the US vote in favour of allowing marketeers call everybody they wanted?

Kudo's to the swedes. I'm pretty sure we would have had a hard time too with so many people (we only had to evacuate a few hundred)

]]> By: Whither The Fool? » And Now A Text-Massage From The Swedish Prime Minister http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/comment-page-1/#comment-91036 Whither The Fool? » And Now A Text-Massage From The Swedish Prime Minister Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:00:22 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/sweden_uses_text_messaging_to_speed_lebanon_evacuation/#comment-91036 [...] OTB reports that the Swedes were first to have their folks out of Lebanon, thanks to their use of text messaging on cellular phones. Not sure how they had the numbers of all their citizens, but still… [...] [...] OTB reports that the Swedes were first to have their folks out of Lebanon, thanks to their use of text messaging on cellular phones. Not sure how they had the numbers of all their citizens, but still… [...]

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