A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with
one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number during a
disaster or disaster recovery period. In a preferred embodiment, the
system includes two wireless connection units, each connected between a
respective private branch exchange (PBX) network and a public switched
telephone network. Each wireless connection unit preferably serves as a
gateway between its respective PBX network and one or more remote
communication devices. The wireless connection units replicate each
others databases. In the event of a disaster that destroys or renders one
of the wireless connect/PBX networks inoperable, telephone calls destined
for the inoperable network are seamlessly routed to the operable wireless
connect/PBX network. Since the operable wireless connection unit contains
information for both networks, inbound, outbound and extension to
extension calls for each network can be handled despite the disaster.