Re: ietf/istf role in US Disaster?

[Anthony Atkielski]

Eric writes:

> I know of a major direct backbone connection in
> a near ISP (tens of Mbps) that didn't respond anymore.

Wow ... tens of Mbps counts as "major" in your part of the woods?

> What could have been the reason? Too much sudden traffic?
> Some strategic nodes destroyed? Bad re-routing?

Just watching streaming video can cripple a link that slow.