I don't know enough about how cell phones really deal with IP traffic, but it almost sounds like the IP address sits on an AT&T proxy that then forwards the data over the cell net to the phone via its subscriber ID, or the like.
While not exactly alike, the satellite IP systems I used to work with had some interesting architecture in order to act like an IP endpoint, which they weren't truly. Systems in the middle had to map IP addressed to "VSAT ID's".... if that system got it's wires crossed I could see how something similar might happen. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:53 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: This is fairly scary... > > ATT FUBAR? How did this happen, I wonder, and did it affect more than > facebook? > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100115/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_at_ > t_glitch > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
