>
> Thats right, the reason so many peoples internet connections went
> down, even if their ISP use telsta as a upstream, is that most of the
> adsl seems to be back-hauled to auckland, not to a local datacenter in
> chch.
Typical "Cutting Costs" to make more bucks
Equals
No local service (Everything "Centralized") and No (or limited) backups
Sadly the "Centralized" is at one end of the country - not in the middle.
It was a major inconvenience as I was hoping to get lots of internet based
stuff done today!!
Mike