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Offline fpeconsultant

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USCG Wefax
« on: October 30, 2017, 1629 UTC »
While copying WLO SitorB on 10/29 they transmitted that the USCG WEFAXES are suffering from severe degradation and that they are "working on a solution".
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Re: USCG Wefax
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2017, 1640 UTC »
While copying WLO SitorB on 10/29 they transmitted that the USCG WEFAXES are suffering from severe degradation and that they are "working on a solution".
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There's a known solution, the problem is, they don't want to pay for it.
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Re: USCG Wefax
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2017, 1704 UTC »
Oh that's nice...
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