Re: [Nanog] Re: US .mil blocking in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold
On Mar 18, 2011, at 12:33 AM, Michael DeMan wrote: Wasn't this announced on the news already? Yup, I learned more about it later after I saw this on Nanog. I am definitely not one to be outside of hearing about a conspiracy theory or something, but I know up in our neck of the woods in the

Re: [Nanog] Re: US .mil blocking in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread Fred Baker
On Mar 17, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold wrote: Could this also be part of a communications blackout ? No, not in a sinister, government keeping secrets, manner. A friend of mine serves on a ship that's over there right now. He dropped me a note last night that they were

Re: [Nanog] Re: US .mil blocking in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold
On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:22 PM, William Warren wrote: As a former Military Member I can tell you we don't have unlimited amounts of bandwidth...especially overseas. There's been several undersea cables damaged or completely knocked offline. I don't find this policy very surprising due to the

Re: [Nanog] Re: US .mil blocking in Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Michael DeMan
Wasn't this announced on the news already? That because the infrastructure in Japan was hit (no highly publicized) but still working, that the US military also said they were blocking u-tube and other high bandwidth sites in order to conserve resources? I am definitely not one to be outside of