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Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows
From: David Diaz <techlist () smoton net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:29:45 -0500
Actually, I think we should all be more concerned that in most metro cities, there is always 1 major mega CO. In the CO, not only do the RBOCs have tremendous critical technology aggregated there, but almost every telcom provider also locates key technology and network there. Knocking out that facility would critically damage both voice and data in that region. It is also a critical interconnect point btw operators since they all happen to be there.
Does anyone still remember that event in Atlanta where worldcom lost power in one of their facilities after a storm knocked out power, and the generator had contaminated fuel (circa 1997). That had a major affect on communications and we are not even talking RBOC CO.
At 5:46 -0800 11/27/02, Eliot Lear wrote:
Yah, the abstract indicates what most of us already know. Good coverage and redundancy options in urban areas; less so for rural areas. Why should this shock anyone? Imminent death of the 'net is *not predicted ;-)Eliot
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Current thread:
- Risk of Internet collapse grows Irwin Lazar (Nov 26)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Sean Donelan (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Sharif Torpis (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Eliot Lear (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows David Diaz (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Sharif Torpis (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Sean Donelan (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows David R. Dick (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows E.B. Dreger (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Stephen Sprunk (Nov 29)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Ratul Mahajan (Nov 29)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Randy Bush (Nov 29)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Ratul Mahajan (Nov 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows David Diaz (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows variable (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Stephen J. Wilcox (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows David Diaz (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows Vadim Antonov (Nov 27)
- Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows variable (Nov 27)