Why Winlink over traditional Email?

• Normal E-mail requires an internet connection.
• Between agencies
• Between an agency and the field
• Between an agency and, well, anywhere!
• If a “last mile” internet link is broken, or the agency e-mail server is down, e-mail cannot flow.
• The “last mile” is the path across an area where conventional communications have been disrupted or overloaded by an incident.
• Unfortunately, in today’s world, we cannot predict the frequency, size, nature or location of our disaster areas.