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Re: Calgary <-> Toronto 100% Canadian Fibre Resiliency on failover


From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:02:28 +1100


In message <CAL9Qcx5izu6sDBGKUC+Q_MSeZAyhRB4OwxeiamSt1mSUvLSgyA () mail gmail com>, Tom Beecher writes:
"But if provider 1 has its 1 fibre on the CN line and provider 2 has its
1 fibre along CP line (or road), then you can get diversity by getting
bandwidth from both."

That's not diversity. That's just a matter of time before the same backhoe
catches them both. :)

It depends on how the lines "cross" each other.  Two tunnels and you
have physical seperation.  Crossing at the same level then you don't.

Mark
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