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Re: Is multihoming hard? [was: DNS amplification]


From: Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:43:56 -0700

As an under-30, working in the industry, I have to say, when the power goes
out at home for a few days, we pull out the camping gear.

When our cable-based internet goes out, our life changes hardly at all. We
go for a walk, or hike, do the things we would normally. I can imagine that
an outage of 1 week would be slightly different, but I'm pretty sure that
the spans of most of the outages which would be resolved by multi-provider
solutions like those outlined herein would probably only apply to
situations where the outage would only last less than 48 hours.

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:06 AM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts () gmail com>
wrote:
Will they really demand ubiquitous, unabridged connectivity?

When?

When the older generation that considers the Internet a side show dies off.

When your grandparents' power went out, they broke out candles and
kerosene lamps.

When yours goes out, you pull out flashlights and generators. And when
it stays out you book a motel room so your family can have air
conditioning and television.

For most folks under 30 and many who are older, Internet isn't a side
show, it's a way of life. An outage is like a power failure or the car
going kaput: a major disruption to life's flow.


This need won't be ubiquitous for two to three decades, but every year
between now and then the percentage of your customer base which
demands unabridged connectivity will grow.

What do you have in the pipeline to address that demand as it arrives?
BGP multihoming won't get the job done for the hundred million
households in North America, let alone the seven billion people in the
world.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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Kyle Creyts

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