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Re: Cogent latency / congestion


From: Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:10:35 -0400




Paul Ferguson wrote:
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For what its worth:

[snip]

Internet service providers in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown
Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by
gunfire.

[snip]

More:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/082107-gunplay-blamed-for-internet.ht
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I guess there will probably be a spec for armored OSP cable now. I just thought it was cool indoors. I never realized Cleveland was so dangerous to telecommunications equipment. :_)

DJ


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