Re: an over-the-top data center

[Charles Wyble <charles () thewybles com>]

Deepak Jain wrote:
> > I bet the military or emergency services can establish a 10km fiber
> > stretch in a few hours. Replacing some telecom hw and set it up from
> > scratch would probably take weeks (I'm not talking about a single
> > router
> > here).
> >     
>
> But we aren't talking about the military here, are we? We are talking about an ISP on an ISP forum. 
>   

Yes.... but in a disaster scenario where critical communication links 
are down the military would respond and reestablish the links, if for 
nothing else to re establish situational awareness for themselves.