Re: Discussion point: Telco quality?

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

At 06:14 PM 10/10/98 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
> ferguson () cisco COM (Paul Ferguson) writes:
> > This latest fiber cut just kind of jarred my brain into the
> > realization of what "telco quality" services really boils down to.
> >
> > In the end, all services, both traditional telephony services and
> > data services, are more alike than people give them credit for.  :-)
>
> I get a chuckle when I see the Lucent advertisments about making the
> data network as reliable as the voice network.  I understand it is
> just marketing, but it does show a rather basic misunderstanding of
> the relationship between voice and data network reliability.  I guess
> it is like most things, the more you learn about a subject the less
> you really wanted to know about it.
>
> Are there similarites between the voice and data networks? Yes.
> Are there differences between the voice and data networks? Yes.
>
> Will the entire telephone system fail? No.
> Will the entire Internet fail? No.
>
> Are there things that can happen to both which will really ruin your day?
Yes.

Actually, on 2Sep98, PacBell had a CO failure that knocked out service, in
Livermore, for 12 hours. Voice, data, everything, not even 911!

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