Re: Thursday Hawaii telephone mishap

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Steve Goldstein wrote:
> > I wonder if we have reached the cross-over point, and the Internet is
> > now effectively more reliable than the public telephone network.
>
> FYI, at about the time of the break, I was engaged in a Web-based
> meeting that included the Maui Supercomputer Center.  We were using a
> phone bridge in San Jose, CA.  The phone conversation persisted, but
> Maui's Internet connection dropped.

I don't know what type of network links the Maui Supercomputer Center
has.  Whether it was a problem with a commercial Internet provider or
something specific to the Maui spercomputer center.