On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:51:46 +1200 Paul Swafford wrote: > First .. this list has been a bit quiet lately.. > > Second .. As it seems Telecom is not directly responsible for this > "massive" outage, who is? More importantly what level of public > liability are they accountable for? > > Third .. why isn't there another Internet access method - heck even bi > directional satellite would serve.
I was under the impression that arpanet was designed in order to survive nuclear attacks etc because it had alternative redundant routes. somewhere along the line "alternative redundant routes" in NZ seems to have come to mean "you can travel along fibre cable A or fibre cable B, but they are both in the same bundle and vulnerable to breaking at the same time" > > How did it affect me : > My business was completely shut down for 5 hours. > > Regards > > Paul > > Nick Rout wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:00:23 +1200 > > Michael wrote: > > > > > >>I have to agree with you Chris, and I've been wondering how this thread in > >>any > >>way relates to linux. Having said that I can't suggest a better venue for > >>this other than the NZNOG (google it, NBNOG is not linux related). > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Michael. > > > > > > It doesn't relate to linux. Rik asked for other peoples experiences, and > > although slightly OT but IMHO a bit of noise on computer related issues > > is fine. > > > > However whilst asking for other people's experience Rik seemed unable to > > describe his own in any meaningful terms. and thats where we got stuck. > > > > -- Nick Rout
