Re: PRIX update
Congrats, Mehmet! Your persistence is paying off! Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 202-1230 a...@andyring.com > On Apr 13, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Mehmet wrote: > > Hello NANOG > > Little bit less than 19 years ago when PRIX was launched I had a dream to > connect many ISPs in the island. > > during last 19 years several attempts were made to relaunch an IX but finally > last three years a small group of volunteers have really helped PRIX to be > come a reality not an IX with PowerPoint and no traffic. > > You can hear the story from those who have significantly helped from project > here > https://www.youtube.com/live/kCp4kK-mavU?si=N82CGRSatdzrmX2H > > This week there is Global Peering Forum in Puerto Rico, and I as one of the > old time nanoger + local(i dont live here anymore but, you know what i mean > want to welcome and send this update about PRIX > > https://www.puertoricoix.net has broken traffic record 30Gbps last week and > with some more caches in the process of being enabled as well as some key > peers (listed on the website), next goal is 100G and this can be achieved > with those of you who has an ability to help deploy more caches in Puerto > Rico! > > I want to take a moment thank Jeff, Ivan, and Gino for all the hard work > behind. > > If you are attending GPF this week, let’s talk and see what else we can do to > improve internet in Puerto Rico and Caribbean! Any questions related to PRIX > feel free to contact me offlist > > Mehmet > > Note: all links below are broken > PRIX - Puerto RIco Internet Exchange > > • From: Mehmet Akcin > • Date: Tue Sep 27 12:50:12 2005 > Hi, > > I'd like to speak with people who were / are working in IX points and/or have > knowledge about the infrastructure of IX points. > > We , a small group of researchers , have started a Project called Prix [ > http://prix.uprr.pr ] which has the intentions of creating a large table for > those who would like to sit down, in other terms an internet exchange point > where all the participants can peer. > > Our main goal is to improve the existing connectivity between the major > backbone > providers and improve the connectivity between them with peering locally > instead > of peering somewhere in the states, which is couple of thousands miles far > from > Puerto Rico. > > We believe improving the network connectivity of the island will definately > led > those who live in Puerto Rico to think of using VoIP technologies more often. > > We, myself and a friend of mine who is also participating in this project, > will > be participating in NANOG and hopefully can meet with those who has experience > in order to get recommendations about hardware/software and policies. > > Thank you > > Mehmet Akcin, PRIX > > >
Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference
> On Nov 27, 2023, at 5:52 PM, o...@delong.com wrote: > > > >> On Nov 27, 2023, at 11:45, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: >> >> That’s exactly what I did. I was able to get a 3/4 conduit from my furnace >> room/network closet to the exterior of my home where utilities enter. It >> took some doing but I got it in, terminated in a NEMA box. > > Why would 1” be significantly harder to get than 3/4”? Both in EMT and PVC, > it’s readily available to the best of my knowledge. > > Owen > > Because in my instance, due to some of the bends involved, 3/4 was the best I could do. The bend radius on a 90 for 1-inch wasn’t going to fit in a couple places along the path. -Andy
Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference
That’s exactly what I did. I was able to get a 3/4 conduit from my furnace room/network closet to the exterior of my home where utilities enter. It took some doing but I got it in, terminated in a NEMA box. When we got fiber a few years ago, the installer told me it was the easiest install he’s ever done. In that conduit I have fiber, coax, one Cat6 and also a sprinkler wire (whomever built my home had sprinklers put in the back yard but not the front, but I took care of that oversight). Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 202-1230 a...@andyring.com “A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” -Thomas Jefferson > On Nov 27, 2023, at 8:12 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > If I was building a house I'd just get some 1" conduit from the outside to > the inside. Put it in a NEMA box. That solves the problem forever. > > As a fiber ISP, and assuming you're doing your own WiFi in the house, you can > do conduit inside or we can just run the fiber. We don't want to run up/down > walls and such. 99% of our installs are through the exterior wall and then a > u6x covers the house. We run fiber > > If you're in a cableCo area just run coax to get to your modem/router > situation. > > I'm not sure what the Cat5 is for outside. Ethernet isn't going to work and > DSL is nearly dead already. > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 2:33 PM Sean Donelan wrote: > Thanks Brandon Martin, > > I agree 1-inch smurf tube is overkill for FTTH. From my quick research > into all things FTTH, which I didn't know anything a week ago :-) ... > > The regulators in other countries still believe they will create > competition. The 25mm/32mm access duct (I'm going to make up a new > term, and just call it "access duct", i.e. that smurf tube, conduit, > pathway thing) is big enough for either a fiber microduct, cat 6 copper > or RG6 coax. Even a 12/24/48-volt DC power cable for active > equipment at the NID/demarc. The regulators keep all their competitors > happy by not favoring any particular technology. > > In practice, the countries with the biggest FTTH deployments have very > little FTTH competition at the physical access layer. > > Microduct, microduct, microduct is what the dominant access provider > wants in those countries. The dominant carrier wants builders to install > "direct fiber" or "bypass fiber" microducts in new construction directly > from every dwelling (house or apartment) to the carrier's central access > point for the builder's development (apartment buildings or neighborhood). > > Microduct only means no pre-built access for other competitors. > > Apartment construction in Asia is very large. Several countries are > also adding in-building mobile/wireless service requirements for new MDU > building construction. > > > My interpretation, not understanding the country-specific FTTH fights... > > The regulators appear to say, Ok, dominant carrier - you can have > "direct fiber" microduct but builders must also provide an "open > competition" 25mm/32mm access duct from the building entrance point (NID) > or apartment consolidation points (CP) to the individual distribution box > (DD) inside each dwelling. > > Just my uninformed take, corrections welcome.
Re: Gmail (thus Nanog) rejecting ipv6 email
> On Apr 4, 2022, at 9:39 AM, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 07:44:59PM -0500, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: >> I’m running into this with clients for whom we do web site work. >> Mail not being delivered to Gmail accounts. No bounceback, not >> being delayed, not marked as spam, just black-holed for no >> discernible reason. Like, clients losing money because sales leads >> never make it to them. > > Over on mailop a Google employee said that gmail never silently > discards email, that mail will always be delivered somewhere or else > rejected at SMTP time, and that the only exception is that GAFYD > customers (and similar) can set up rules themselves to delete email > under some circumstances. I’m on mailop as well. Sadly, what that Google employee said is provably false. -Andy
Re: Gmail (thus Nanog) rejecting ipv6 email
> On Apr 3, 2022, at 1:40 PM, na...@shankland.org wrote: > >> It appears that Bjørn Mork said: >>> Google has been trying to move away from Internet email for many years >>> now. Just let them. There is no way you can "fix" that problem on your >>> side. >> >> Don't be silly. Gmail has over a billion users and hosts mail for >> vast numbers of businesses large and small. >> >> I agree that they are stricter than many others at mail authentication >> but considering how big they are, they do a very good job of doing what >> the standards say. Way better than Y**o* ot M*o**. >> > > > Accepting mail for delivery, and then either silently dropping it, delaying > it for days, or putting mail that in no way resembles spam into a spam folder > seems a little worse than “doing what the standards say”. If you’re going to > decide, on little or no evidence, that a message is spam or otherwise does > not deserve to get delivered, the least you could do is to bounce it so that > the sender is aware. No need to generate a bounce mail that could turn into > backscatter; just reject the mail during the SMTP exchange. NO FREAKING KIDDING. I’m running into this with clients for whom we do web site work. Mail not being delivered to Gmail accounts. No bounceback, not being delayed, not marked as spam, just black-holed for no discernible reason. Like, clients losing money because sales leads never make it to them. Extremely frustrating. -Andy
Re: are underwater routers a thing?
> On Mar 17, 2022, at 9:26 PM, Jerry Cloe wrote: > > > it look like it was completely at sea, but it would kind of make sense > to leave them at sea if you could put a router there. > > First thing that comes to mind is power, how would you power them? Undersea cables absolutely carry power along with the fiber. It is needed for inline amplifiers. -Andy
Re: "Permanent" DST
> On Mar 15, 2022, at 2:40 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > If Canada doesn't do the same thing at the same time, it'll be a real hassle, > dealing with a change from -8 to -7 crossing the border between BC and WA, > for instance. It has to be done consistently throughout North America. Nah, not really a big deal. The transportation world has handled it just fine for Arizona, and previously, Indiana. Heck, here’s where it gets real confusing. Arizona does not observe DST as a state. However, freight railroads in Arizona DO. At least BNSF Railway does. So for a good chunk of the year, if you are involved with the railroad, you have to clarify if events are happening at 8 a.m. city time or 8 a.m. railroad time. At least that’s how it was last time I was down there as a railroad contractor. -Andy
Re: V6 still not supported
> On Mar 9, 2022, at 4:39 PM, Tim Howe wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:46:56 -0500 > Josh Luthman wrote: > >> ISP here. Deploying gigabit FTTH. No IPv6. >> >> Customers have 0 complaints about IPv6. 0 Complaints since 2006. > > Right. And this view point (which I have /some/ sympathy for) is what > we're up against. The average person doesn't know IPv6 is a thing, so > of course they aren't going to ask for it. But they don't know IPv4 is > a thing either, they just want to connect to the Internet. Been bugging my ISP, which is also a gigabit FTTH outfit, for IPv6 ever since they opened their doors 4-5 years ago. Nothing. “We’re working on it.” they say. “We’re waiting for wider adoption.” they say. “We’re waiting for our upstream to support it.” they say (and HE is their upstream). That comes from me politely emailing the CEO directly a handful of times. What the heck. I’ll name-and-shame. https://www.allocommunications.com -Andy
Re: Washington–Moscow Direct Communications Link
> On Mar 5, 2022, at 6:35 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > Since 2008, the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link (also known as > "The Washington-Moscow Hotline") uses redundant circuits of two satellite > links and a fiber-optic cable. They use commercial facilities for at least > part of the circuits. > > Past accidents have interrupted previous hotline circuits. A Danish bulldozer > operator once cut the line near Copenhagen. A Finnish farmer once plowed it > up. A fire in a Baltimore Maryland manhole took it out of service > temporarily. Yep, even the hotline experienced cable cuts. > Wha??!?!!!??? You mean Biden can’t just DM Putin on Twitter? /s -Andy
Re: Cogent cutting links to Russia?
Here’s a paywall-free version: https://archive.ph/TFgyg Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com > On Mar 4, 2022, at 12:52 PM, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > I know the link is paywalled, but it's super high level so not much is lost. > But what does everybody think of this? I imagine that just Cogent cutting > them off isn't going to make much difference. > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-internet-cogent-cutoff/ > > Mike >
H Block contact
Is there any chance someone on here is associated with H Block, or knows someone who is, that could reach out to me off-list? Much appreciated. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: What do you think about this airline vs 5G brouhaha?
> On Jan 18, 2022, at 4:34 PM, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > What aviation now wants is a 5G exclusion zone around airports, or what > I sarcastically call "a technology exclusion zone," which tends to be > businesses and homes. What is aviation going to do when 6G comes along? > A new WiFi standard is implemented? Any other unforeseen future > wired/wireless technologies? Or perhaps cell phones should go back to > Morse Code for aviation's sake? Clarity is critical to this discussion. And as usual, the media is obfuscating it. Probably not deliberately this time, but it is happening nonetheless, because the talking heads on TV don’t have the remotest understanding of what is actually happening. Not surprising of course. This isn’t an OMG 5G! thing whatsoever. It is specifically related to a frequency band that cell carriers are now able to use, which is adjacent or practically adjacent to an existing frequency band used by airplanes to safely land. Yeah, 5G is a fancy-schmancy buzz word but that is not really material to the conversation. A ROUGH analogy would be something along the lines of - you buy some property and build your dream home there. Across the street is vacant land owned by the city, and the city’s comprehensive plan says it is zoned for recreational use and they plan to put a park there some day. Years go by and one day you wake up to find bulldozers on the empty lot. “Awesome, my grandkids will have a nice park now!” you think. And construction continues. As it nears completion, you realize “Hmmm, that doesn’t really look like a park.” Further investigation uncovers that the city sold the land to a private developer and they are building a brothel and strip club across the street, which will bring massive amounts of vehicular and pedestrian traffic to what for decades was your quiet little street. You scream and complain to the city council about it. “I built my dream home there because YOU said there would be a nice park with playground equipment and a fishing pond built there some day!” The city says “Yeah, well, sucks to be you. We sold it, tough cookies.” Of course like any analogy it doesn’t hold up 100 percent, but that’s a way to explain it to non-tech folks. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: Undersea cable damages in the Atlantic?
> On Jan 18, 2022, at 11:08 AM, Mukund Sivaraman wrote: > > We received the following email today from our upstream (in India): > >> Our transit traffic partners have reported multiple sub-sea cable >> damages on the Atlantic route towards Europe and US east coast. Users >> might face additional latency and occasional packet loss towards these >> destinations. >> >> Our partners are working with relevant authorities and cable sea >> companies for restoration and will take few days to address it. We >> will inform as soon as this is resolved. Inconvenience caused is >> highly regretted. > > I've read about cable cuts due to the Tonga volcanic eruption, but the > above as "multiple cable damages" is mentioned as in the Atlantic. Does > anyone know more about this? A news search for "cable cuts" didn't bring > up anything aside from the Tonga story. > > Mukund Hmmm… Multiple sub-sea cable problems referencing Europe and the US east coast… Putin testing the waters for connectivity disruptions ahead of a Ukraine invasion? Where the US and NATO are the thorn in his side? -Andy
Re: home router battery backup
> On Jan 13, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > >> The power company said the rotating outages would be 30-45 minutes, which I >> do have UPS capacity to handle. But the rotating outage went close to 2 >> hours, exhausting my UPS capacity and getting to the point where I was more >> concerned about the temperature in the building. > > Having had extensive experience with load shedding growing up this side of > the world (sadly), the outage period announced by the power company may or > may not include the time required to re-energize the affected areas. > > So when they say 30 - 45 minutes, you should ask them if that includes or > excludes the time allowance for re-energizing. The utility had never experienced that before either. The entire city only had a couple hours notice that this would be happening. Oh well. We got through it. -Andy
Re: home router battery backup
> On Jan 12, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Scott T Anderson via NANOG > wrote: > > For those individuals with backup battery power for their modem/router, do > they maintain Internet access throughout a power outage (as long as their > backup power solution works)? I.e., does the rest of the ISP network maintain > service throughout a power outage? I honestly don’t know. My entire subdivision is fairly new (early 2000s) and all utilities are underground. Therefore, power outages are extremely rare. We’ve lived in this house for 9 years and I think there’s been maybe one short outage due to a blown transformer somewhere, several years ago. Last winter though during the EXTREME cold snap where we hit -31 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the power company did have to resort to deliberately shutting off entire neighborhoods for short periods, 30-45 minutes, to maintain the overall grid. My home was not in one of the affected areas, but we were close. My office was though, and that was a shitstorm. We are a small company, less than 20 people, most of whom work from home. The power company said the rotating outages would be 30-45 minutes, which I do have UPS capacity to handle. But the rotating outage went close to 2 hours, exhausting my UPS capacity and getting to the point where I was more concerned about the temperature in the building. However, during that time I do know my ISP had no trouble. Allo Communications, a FTTH outfit. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: home router battery backup
>>> On Jan 12, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Scott T Anderson via NANOG >>> wrote: >>> services, I was wondering if anyone had any insights on the prevalence of >>> battery backup for home modem/routers? I.e., what percentage of home users >>> actually install a battery backup in their home modem/router or use an >>> external >>> UPS? > >> Given that most people barely even know what their home router is, I suspect >> the >> percentage would be somewhere south of 1 percent. Outside of my home, I >> honestly cannot recall EVER seeing someone’s home using a battery backup for >> their internet infrastructure. > > Same here. A small UPS that will keep my modem, router, and POE for APs alive > for > the time I need to run outside and hook up my generator when PG decides to > cut > the power again. A bigger UPS for the small 19" rack that hosts some stuff. > > Top Gear Top Tip: I also have a UPS on my garage door opener. That saves the > misses from dealing with manually opening/closing the garage door if I'm not > at home. > > Thanks, > > Sabri Great idea on the garage opener. I got a new one a year ago with an integrated battery for exactly that purpose. And, although I didn’t realize it when I bought it, it also lets me tie it to Amazon so they can open the door, leave my packages inside, and close the door. No more porch pirates! -Andy
Re: home router battery backup
> On Jan 12, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Scott T Anderson via NANOG > wrote: > > Hi NANOG mailing list, > > I am a graduate student, currently conducting research on how power outages > affect home Internet users. I know that the FCC has a regulation since 2015 > (47 CFR Section 9.20) requiring ISPs to provide an option to voice customers > to purchase a battery backup for emergency voice services during power > outages. As this is only an option and only applies to customers who > subscribe to voice services, I was wondering if anyone had any insights on > the prevalence of battery backup for home modem/routers? I.e., what > percentage of home users actually install a battery backup in their home > modem/router or use an external UPS? > > Thanks. > Scott Given that most people barely even know what their home router is, I suspect the percentage would be somewhere south of 1 percent. Outside of my home, I honestly cannot recall EVER seeing someone’s home using a battery backup for their internet infrastructure. I personally do, but of course I (and probably everyone on this list) am by no means representative of the population at large in this particular area. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
SAP contact
Anyone on here from SAP, or know someone who is? Thanks. Would appreciate an off-list reply. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: Log4j mitigation
> On Dec 13, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-12-13 at 08:01 -0600, Mike Hammett wrote: >> "Security" people often let perfect be the enemy of good. Sometimes >> it's okay. Sometimes not. > > Can you offer an example of where it's okay? > > I'm not a "security" person. Also not sure what the double quotes mean > :-) > > Regards, K. TSA? Oh, wait, never mind. That’s “security theater” and not “security.” -Andy
Log4j mitigation
The intricacies of Java are over my head, but I’ve been reading about this Log4j issue that sounds pretty bad. What do we know about this? What, if anything, can a network operator do to help mitigate this? Or even an end user? Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: FERC releases final report on Texas power outages (2021)
> On Nov 17, 2021, at 11:31 PM, Haudy Kazemi via NANOG wrote: > > Yet, in spite of claims of TX being an island, customers all over the country > are now being forced to pay energy surcharges specifically tied to the Feb > 2021 TX event. It was a line item on my last bill. > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 21:03 Sean Donelan wrote: > "Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It." > > > However, Texas maintains its electric grid as an isolated island, and > hasn't followed past recommendations to avoid electric grid outages. > > https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Federal-report-warns-Texas-power-outages-16628257.php “specifically tied to” ≠ "Caused by." Do you mean to say that an ELECTRIC bill elsewhere in the country has gone up SPECIFICALLY because of what happened last February in Texas? I note the use of the phrasing “energy surcharges” without specifying what kind of energy. You may have a natural gas line item, but that was not CAUSED BY what happened in Texas. It was in the same timeframe, but what happened was a weather issue, not a Texas issue. Unusually extreme cold weather across an unusually large part of the country caused temporary insane demand in the natural gas markets around the country, resulting in huge spikes in cost for natural gas on the spot market. Some gas utilities around the country had prepared for such an eventuality by storing gas or with long-term price contracts, others did not. That does not necessarily mean Texas CAUSED the problem. -Andy
Re: What Eyeballs Did During The Facebook Nap
> On Oct 8, 2021, at 11:22 AM, Sabri Berisha wrote: > > - On Oct 8, 2021, at 7:18 AM, Mark Tinka mark@tinka.africa wrote: > > Hi, > >> So we are reviewing our flow data, and it's very clear, on our network, that >> during the period Facebook were experiencing their global outage, Netflix >> traffic went up 3X for us. > > Who says they were ... ahem ... watching? :) > > I'd be interested to see global birth rates in June 2022... > > Thanks, > > Sabri Well, I did just see a story that PornHub’s traffic increased by about 10 percent during that time… -Andy
Re: The Outage
> On Oct 4, 2021, at 1:31 PM, Matthew Petach wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 10:58 AM Andy Ringsmuth wrote: > I suppose it could just be me. > > Or it could be more than just me. > > Anyone else noticing that at the same time as the giant FB outage, both the > outages and outages-discussion lists are suddenly slow as molasses in January > too? > > Checking some headers on messages that do make it through to outages, I’m > seeing delays up to an hour and a half. > > I sent one messages to outages-discussion at 11:41 CDT (75 minutes ago) and > haven’t seen it show up yet. > > Isn't it "outages-discuss", not "outages-discussion"? > > Does it show up faster if you send to outages-discuss instead? > > Matt I was typing the list names from memory, not from my address book. Another list member confirmed messages are showing up in the web archive for the outages lists but the delays are in delivery. -Andy
The Outage
I suppose it could just be me. Or it could be more than just me. Anyone else noticing that at the same time as the giant FB outage, both the outages and outages-discussion lists are suddenly slow as molasses in January too? Checking some headers on messages that do make it through to outages, I’m seeing delays up to an hour and a half. I sent one messages to outages-discussion at 11:41 CDT (75 minutes ago) and haven’t seen it show up yet. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Where to get IPv4 block these day
*Sigh* I hear you. Have IPv6 at home perfectly fine via Spectrum. At work however, my provider (Allo Communications in Lincoln, Neb., FTTH for 100% of the city, completely brand new network in the last 5 years) is stuck on CGNAT and no IPv6 (unless you pay for IPv4 addresses which we of course do as we need them). I don’t get it. They claim to be waiting on their upstream providers last I heard. Which is, of all folks, Hurricane Electric, one of the early big adopters of IPv6. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Aug 5, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Ca By wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 1:09 PM Tony Wicks wrote: > Contact eddie at iptrading.com , I have used their services several times and > never had any issues. > > > > > Yep, this what it has come to. > > “I got a guy” > > Just keep buying addresses and slamming in NAT boxes folks … > > Here is a meme > > https://imgflip.com/i/5ipi7s > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 23:35 Alex Wacker wrote: > > Ipv4.global is very reliable. I’ve sold blocks there > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 1:28 AM james jones wrote: > > hey everyone, > > > > Been a while since I had to deal with NetOps stuff. Was wondering, where do > you go these days to get IPv4 blocks? It seems like getting assignments is > hard due to exhaustion. I have found some "Auction" sites but it all feels > very scammy. Any info would be appreciated. > > > > > > -James >
Re: Global Akamai Outage
> On Jul 22, 2021, at 12:38 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote: > > On 7/22/21 10:56 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: >> The outage appears to have, ironically, taken out the outages and >> outages-discussion lists too. > > I received multiple messages from the Outages (proper) mailing list, > including messages about the Akamai issue. > > I'd be surprised if the Outages Discussion mailing list was on different > infrastructure. > > I am now seeing some messages sent to Outages (proper) as if others aren't > seeing messages (about the Akamai) issue. This is probably going to be a > more nuanced issue that effected some but not all entities. Probably weird > interactions / dependencies. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die It does seem that way, and I opened a ticket with my provider to see what they can find as well. -Andy
Re: Global Akamai Outage
The outage appears to have, ironically, taken out the outages and outages-discussion lists too. Kinda like having a fire at the 911 dispatch center... Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jul 22, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > https://edgedns.status.akamai.com/ > > Mark.
Re: Muni broadband sucks (was: New minimum speed for US broadband connections)
>> On Mon, May 31, 2021 Mike Hammett wrote: >>> Muni broadband does suck, but that's another thread for another day. >> Excluding cases where muni broadband doesn't suck, why does muni broadband >> suck? >> >> Personally I wouldn't mind more access to dark fiber à la Stokab, much like >> the dry copper pairs of yesterday. >> >> If the default state of muni broadband of is suck, what is the root cause? >> Is it a people problem and/or can something be done to improve on the >> default state? > > > Muni broadband sucks for several reasons but the most important one is: > > Competition. Municipal broadband eliminates it. If it's not obvious > why, feel free to Google how competition and monopolization impact > product quality. It's a pretty universal trait. > > > If you were to structure muni broadband to enhance competition rather > than limit it, you might get a different result. For example, if > municipalities installed and leased fiber optic cables to every > structure but didn't provide any services on those cables, relying > instead on third parties directly billing the customer to do so, it > could work out as well as having municipalities pay for roads and > letting people buy their own cars and trucks to use on them. In many municipalities, you can choose your electricity provider. And yet there are not multiple companies running power lines to every house. It is easy to make the argument “muni broadband sucks because no competition” but it is much more difficult to back it up with hard data. Take a look at Nebraska for instance. Here, by law, electricity is a public utility. And yet we have some of the lowest rates and highest uptime in the country. No competition, low prices, stellar service record. I’m generally all for private enterprise. But when those private enterprises take public money, don’t do what they are supposed to do with it, squander it, and nothing changes, again and again, well, what’s that definition of insanity? Here in Lincoln, Nebraska, we actually do have fiber available at every address in the city. And a private company did it. 100 percent underground, all 96 square miles of the city. They did it all in about two years. I can get 50Mbps synchronous for $45, 500 for $70 or gig for $99. TV and phone also if I want it. Local support too, not India. They now have fiber in 15 Nebraska cities and two in Colorado and are expanding rapidly. Why? A great product at a great price with outstanding customer service. Spectrum is losing customers like crazy as a result, and precisely zero people are shedding any tears (Spectrum salesmen excepted). It can be done. Is it an investment? Yes. Just like anything else. Some investments have a quicker return on capital than others. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
> On Jun 1, 2021, at 12:33 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Show me an average end-user that can tell the difference between a 10 meg > upload and a 1 gig upload, aside from media-heavy professionals or the > one-time full backup of a phone, PC, etc. Okay, show me two of them, ten of > them... > How about the farmer using an HD or 4k drone with WAPs on his center pivot irrigation sprinklers to monitor crops? Or monitor the cattle herd that is currently growing the next T-bone or porterhouse steak you’ll be eating? Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
As much as I enjoy the generally cordial nature of this list, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Mr. Hammett’s mentality on this topic is precisely the problem. Arguing against every reasonable proposition we are making to increase home broadband speeds. I’m assuming he’ll disagree. And that’s OK. He’s still wrong. “People want X. Why?” - Doesn’t matter. I don’t need a reason for what I want. I probably have one, but that reason is my business, not yours. The big ISPs are, historically and factually, greedy, stingy, and in many cases flat-out liars on all this. Taking USF money for DECADES and squandering it, for instance. Advertising speeds (I’m looking at you, Frontier) they knew full well they couldn’t provide. Charging $40 for service on one street and $80 for IDENTICAL service one block away. Promising to state governments they would upgrade and then not doing it (Charter in New York, anyone?). Blah blah blah shareholders blah blah blah. DGAF. Where there is a will, there is a way. The big boys don’t have the will to do it. Case after case after case after case after case demonstrates that fiber to the home can be done and can be done for a very reasonable cost. We read about smaller companies or municipalities every day doing it. And then the Big Boys come along and do EVERYTHING they can to stifle competition (getting all snarky about pole access, or pouring billions into lobbying against muni broadband that could be spent on, oh, I dunno, INSTALLING FIBER instead). “When making policy changes and spending hundreds of billions of dollars, you need to have a good reason.” Apply that same thinking to all the reasons the Big Boys give for NOT installing fiber or upgrading their networks. How many billions have they spent on lobbying and lawsuits to stop competition and not install fiber that could have been better spent? I will go so far as to directly ask: Mike - who is paying you to lobby so hard against better/faster/more reliable home internet? Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On May 31, 2021, at 8:01 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Why is any of that a reasonable position to have? What you're proposing is > reckless without real, compelling evidence. > > People want X. Why? > > When making policy changes and spending hundreds of billions of dollars, you > need to have a good reason. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > From: "Baldur Norddahl" > To: "NANOG" > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2021 12:53:25 PM > Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections > > > > søn. 30. maj 2021 15.29 skrev Mike Hammett : > What can you do with 100 megs that you can't do with 25 megs and why should > anyone care? > > That is really the wrong question. People want 100 Mbps over 25 Mbps and > therefore it becomes a need for rural communities. Doesn't matter that > someone believes these people could do with less. > > The year is 2021 and perceived good internet is minimum 100 Mbps. > > Regards > > Baldur
Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
Well, honestly, if you really want to go down the “need vs. want” road, 100 percent of the folks on this list would be out of a job. What are genuine needs? Food/water, clothing and shelter. That’s it. Even the last two are somewhat negotiable if you get right down to it. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On May 29, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Need vs. want. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > From: "Baldur Norddahl" > To: "NANOG" > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 3:49:01 AM > Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections > > I am in Europe / Denmark. The EU has defined broadband to be 100 Mbps > download with nothing specified for upload. The goal is for everyone to have > access to broadband by 2025. > > Such definitions do help those in rural areas. In fact this is precisely > useful for those that do not currently have access. It helps to make goals > and to measure how we are progressing. > > All current technologies can deliver broadband, including DSL, coax, 5G and > fixed wireless. But maybe not without investment. That DSL plant might need > upgrading to the latest VDSL and cabinets closer to the customer. The coax > might need upgrades etc. But that is the point. Providers will need to invest > to be able to claim broadband. > > On the other hand a soft easy broadband definition is useless in my opinion. > Then everyone has broadband, hurray, but many have slow internet and nothing > is going to be done because it is broadband! > > Regards > > Baldur
Conagra Brands contact
Anyone on here from or associated with Conagra Brands, or know someone who is? We’re a Conagra contractor and running into an apparent e-mail black hole. Thanks, much appreciated. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day
> On Apr 26, 2021, at 3:23 PM, scott wrote: > > Telenor and Ooredoo, it's time to do the right thing. Well, for strongly held religious beliefs, some may be convicted enough to be a martyr. For internet connectivity? Likely not. ---- Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: 10 years from now... (was: internet futures)
> On 3/26/21 12:26 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: >> If the last decade is anything to go by, I'm keen to see what the next one >> brings. >> Mark. >> > > > So the obvious question is what will happen to the internet 10 years from > now. The last 10 years were all about phones and apps, but that's pretty well > played out by now. Gratuitously networked devices like my dishwasher will > probably be common, but that's hardly exciting. LEO internet providers will > be coming online which might make a difference in the corners of the world > where it's hard to get access, but will it allow internet access to parachute > in behind the Great Firewall? > > One thing that we are seeing a revolution in is with working from home. That > has some implications for networking since symmetric bandwidth, or at least > quite a bit more upstream would be helpful as many people found out. Is > latency going to drive networking, given gaming? Gamers are not just zitty 15 > year olds, they are middle aged or older nowadays. > > Mike Ten years from now? Easy. We’ll still be talking about the continued shortage of IPv4 address space and (legitimately) complaining about why IPv6 still isn’t the default addressing/routing methodology for the Internet worldwide. -Andy
Re: OT: Re: Younger generations preferring social media(esque) interactions.
>>> I am not going to lament much, either. It is just how it goes. On the >>> brighter side, there will also be a minority, who will come to email >>> exactly because they will be aspiring power users. I think there will >>> always be some aspiring power users, so it is not going to be only bad. >> >> There will be, but they will keep dwindling. > > Things may be coming to this but they do not have to. I understand > that being a power user involves talking to computer with some kind of > a language, as opposed to pointing with finger. One example is unix > commands, where "ls /usr/bin/ /sbin /usr/sbin/ | wc -l" gives me well > over four thousand "words". So the question is, if in a future there > will be systems which allow "talking to computer with words", allowing > to make complex descriptions of "what to do". > > Talking to "siri" is not what I am thinking about, because just like > "desktop metaphore", the "assistant metaphore" is trying to hide too > much of underlying complexity to allow "power usage”. Obligatory: Scotty: Computer! Computer? [He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it] Scotty: Hello, computer. Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard. Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint. -Andy
Re: OT: Re: Younger generations preferring social media(esque) interactions.
> On 3/22/21 11:22 PM, Cynthia Revström via NANOG wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As someone from a "younger generation" (2001) who does use mailing lists, >> semi-actively participates in RIPE mailing lists but also created a network >> community on Discord, I want to chime in here. >> >> > Are they willing to use a (traditional) forum (of sorts) that is >> dedicated to the venue? Or Are they wanting things to come to them >> wherever they happen to be today? E.g. Facebook group, Discord, Slack, etc? >> >> I haven't ever used facebook beyond receiving some invitation for an event, >> and I feel like that's the most common case for people around my age group. >> (not using Facebook that is) >> > I'm under the impression that for the younger generations that Facebook is > deeply uncool. It's where grandma posts pictures of her knitting. > > Mike Mike, You hit the nail on the head right there. Among the younger folk, the preferred methods and mediums of communication change faster than anything. MySpace two days ago, Facebook yesterday, Instagram today, Snapchat tomorrow, etc. etc. etc. Migrate the infrastructure to InstaTwitSpit today and by the time it is all migrated, FaceSplatVue is all the rage. Email has been here since the beginning of the ’net. It isn’t going away. Everyone knows how to use it. It is platform independent. It is not owned by Fuckerburg or Dorsey. -Andy
Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens
> On Mar 22, 2021, at 12:51 PM, Ethan O'Toole wrote: > >> No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary >> and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. > > In your case you would have to go to an E-Mail list... which for some takes > more time to curate / read versus something that is driven by push > notifications. Well of course. And, guess what - we have one at church. But, being a church (meaning volunteers handling things) it is quick and easy for things to “just happen.” What’s to stop #RandomSundaySchoolTeacher from starting a FB group for Sunday school kids/parents? Nothing. And then people glom onto it, and it becomes quasi-permanent and semi-official. Ultimately it comes down to something which is definitely lacking in today’s world: A brain. Otherwise known as “common sense” or “critical thinking.” One cannot solve a “people” problem with technology. We all know that. PEBKAC or “layer 8” problems. We’ve all been there. They aren’t going away. They will only get worse. -Andy
Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens
> On Mar 22, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote: > > I have a severe problem with professional communities /requiring/ me to have > a Facebook, et al., account to participate in community discussions. Not just “professional communities.” More like ANY communities. Heck, our church uses a bunch of disjointed Facebook groups and it DRIVES ME NUTS I don’t have FB, won’t have FB and haven’t had FB for close to 10 years. An elderly member died last week and the only way I could get any updates on his situation was others telling me about it. Our pastor’s daughter is in the hospital, and same thing, he posts updates to his FB account, which is set so that only FB friends can see it. I have to call or text someone else in the congregation just to know what is going on. “Blah blah blah if you wanna know what’s happening just get a FB account blah blah blah” people say. No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. Sigh. It is probably a losing battle. You kids get off my grass! -Andy
Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire
> On Mar 11, 2021, at 10:41 AM, Sean Donelan wrote: > > If you pump 100s of megawatts of energy into a confined space (i.e. a large > data center), and there is an uncontrolled release of that energy (i.e. a > fire), that's a lot of energy which is going to go somewhere. > Stored energy, batteries, backup fuel for generators, server plastic, etc. > There is a lot of stuff that can burn in a data center, especially if you > start over-stuffing it. > > China has the top 7 data centers over 100 megawatts. > > http://worldstopdatacenters.com/power/ > > Ok, an ISP may not have a mega datacenter. Even "small" data centers have a > large fuel load. They are major industrial operations. Like other major > industrial fires, often the firefighter response is to rescue any trapped > people and then contain the fire until it burns itself out. > > The "cloud" is just someone else's physical data center. Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/908/ Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire
> > https://us.ovhcloud.com/about/company/green-tech > > Further I conjecture that a halon system would not be feasible in such a > structure. > > Daniel > > There are plenty of effective options besides environmentally-destructive > Halon, dangerous-to-equipment water sprinkler, or dangerous-to-personnel CO2 > for fire suppression these days. Some of the most common today are foam > systems like FM-200 or 3m's Novec. > > - Matt > I suppose I could be wrong, but I would imagine any of the various fire prevention/mitigation systems are less environmentally damaging than an entire building burning to the ground. -Andy
Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire
> On Mar 10, 2021, at 3:23 AM, Fredy Kuenzler wrote: > > Very sad day for our colleagues at OVH AS16276 as they lost their datacenter > SBG-2 in Strasbourg/France completly („everything is destroyed“) in a fire > and the neighboring SBG1/SBG3/SBG4 at least temporary. > > https://www.dna.fr/amp/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbourg-important-incendie-dans-une-entreprise-situee-sur-un-site-seveso-au-port-du-rhin Sad to see of course, but also a little surprising that fire suppression systems didn’t, well, suppress the fire. Unless they didn’t exist? Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Famous operational issues
> On Feb 18, 2021, at 4:37 PM, Warren Kumari wrote: > > 4: Not too long after I started doing networking (and for the same small ISP > in Yonkers), I'm flying off to install a new customer. I (of course) think > that I'm hot stuff because I'm going to do the install, configure the router, > whee, look at me! Anyway, I don't want to check a bag, and so I stuff the > Cisco 2501 in a carryon bag, along with tools, etc (this was all pre-9/11!). > I'm going through security and the TSA[0] person opens my bag and pulls the > router out. "What's this?!" he asks. I politely tell him that it's a router. > He says it's not. I'm still thinking that I'm the new hotness, and so I tell > him in a somewhat condescending way that it is, and I know what I'm talking > about. He tells me that it's not a router, and is starting to get annoyed. I > explain using my "talking to a 5 year old" voice that it most certainly is a > router. He tells me that lying to airport security is a federal offense, and > starts looming at me. I adjust my attitude and start explaining that it's > like a computer and makes the Internet work. He gruffly hands me back the > router, I put it in my bag and scurry away. As I do so, I hear him telling > his colleague that it wasn't a router, and that he certainly knows what a > router is, because he does woodwork… Well, in his defense, he wasn’t wrong… :-) Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
> On Feb 17, 2021, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: > > > >> On Feb 17, 2021, at 7:41 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: >> Statistics suck, until you attempt to produce your own. > > I don’t even know what word you replace “suck” with, when you’re doing it > yourself. What’s suck cubed? > >-Bill > Well, on the other hand, 47 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. -Andy
Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
> On Feb 17, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Sean Donelan wrote: > > USA (Residential): > Lowest Idaho: USD 9.67 cents/kWh (EU 8.3 cents/kWh) > Highest Hawaii: USD 28.84 cents/kWh (EU 24.07 cents/kWh) Not sure where you’re finding those numbers but I believe they are not accurate. https://neo.ne.gov/programs/stats/inf/204.htm Heck, here in Lincoln, Nebraska, our rates are 8.01c per kWh in the summer and 5.48c in the winter. Maybe that’s one reason why an as-yet-unnamed entity is putting a massive datacenter here in the next couple of years. Dangit I wish I knew who it was as I want to apply there once it gets going. https://journalstar.com/business/local/company-behind-proposed-lincoln-data-center-buys-land-for-nearly-19-million/article_c6dffec9-cc7a-5e5e-9a51-68d8359ebfb8.html Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
East Coast outage yesterday
Curious if anyone heard what actually happened with the widespread outages yesterday about this time. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Verizon DC/NOVA Issues?
Axios is reporting: What's happening: The widespread issues are unrelated to a FiOS fiber internet cable getting cut in Brooklyn, contrary to reports circulating widely on social media linking the two, a Verizon spokesperson said. https://www.axios.com/east-coast-internet-outages-494451f9-73bb-4025-9730-36ab5a6ad5d6.html Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Andrew Schaefer wrote: > > Yes, Verizon FiOS is having major issues in Philadelphia getting to Amazon > and Google networks, among others. Starting around 11:30 AM Eastern. > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:15 PM Robert Webb wrote: > Any hearing of Verizon internet issues affecting the DC, Northern Virginia, > and surrounding areas? > > Just got a flood of complaints about work VPN connections keep dropping and > all users appear to be using Verizon internet and other users on Comcast are > not having issues. > > Started maybe around 11:30AM EST.. > > Thanks.. > > Robert Webb > >
Re: Verizon DC/NOVA Issues?
https://apnews.com/article/us-news-media-internet-service-providers-us-news-baa3c67fdcad9dd0a53cb85ef3a8fce9 https://apnews.com Associated Press reporting “A major internet outage from Washington, D.C., to Boston is affecting internet and cloud providers as well as a number of Google services and Facebook.” Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:43 AM, Brian Henson wrote: > > I am here in NOVA (on FIOS) and it's working with higher packet loss than > normal. > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:14 PM Robert Webb wrote: > Any hearing of Verizon internet issues affecting the DC, Northern Virginia, > and surrounding areas? > > Just got a flood of complaints about work VPN connections keep dropping and > all users appear to be using Verizon internet and other users on Comcast are > not having issues. > > Started maybe around 11:30AM EST.. > > Thanks.. > > Robert Webb
Re: Verizon DC/NOVA Issues?
https://twitter.com/VerizonSupport/status/1354109889572982786 Verizon reporting a fiber cut in Brooklyn. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Robert Webb wrote: > > Any hearing of Verizon internet issues affecting the DC, Northern Virginia, > and surrounding areas? > > Just got a flood of complaints about work VPN connections keep dropping and > all users appear to be using Verizon internet and other users on Comcast are > not having issues. > > Started maybe around 11:30AM EST.. > > Thanks.. > > Robert Webb
Re: DoD IP Space
> On Jan 20, 2021, at 11:10 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > > There have already been at least two lines in the sand that the IETF has > backed down from. Is it even useful for us to keep saying "IPv6 is the way > forward" any more? Oh, I could not agree more. We need IETF or other powers-that-be to stop the line-in-the-sand stuff and instead go with a line in the wet concrete. I’m sure we all remember Y2k (well, most of us, there could be some young-uns on the list). That day was happening whether we wanted it to or not. It was an unchangeable, unmovable deadline. THAT is what we need for IPv6 implementation. Will it happen? Probably not, sadly. I’d love to see a line in the concrete of, say, January 1, 2025, whereby IPv6 will be the default. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Uganda Communications Commission shutdown order
> On Jan 13, 2021, at 3:39 PM, Alejandro Acosta > wrote: > > > On 13/1/21 4:05 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: >> >> The Uganda Communications Commission has issued a shutdown order for the >> operation of all Internet gateways in Uganda beginning January 13, 2021 >> until further notice. >> >> I can't access the official Uganda Communications Commission website, but >> this appears to be a copy of the order >> >> https://twitter.com/DougColtart/status/1349442878481846272/photo/1 >> > > So sad to read this. How is it possible to think this is good to anybody?.., > ok, maybe to the very high politicians of the country, but no one else. Not > less than 44 million people negative affected. > > > That's it. > > > Alejandro, It is mildly interesting to see what Twitter itself has to say about it: https://twitter.com/Policy/status/1349059275461685250 "Ahead of the Ugandan election, we're hearing reports that Internet service providers are being ordered to block social media and messaging apps. We strongly condemn internet shutdowns – they are hugely harmful, violate basic human rights and the principles of the #OpenInternet.” Oh, the jokes just write themselves… -Andy
Re: Parler
And yet, Amazon will still happily sell you this item: https://www.amazon.com/Anarchist-Cookbook-William-Powell/dp/1607966123/ In fact, it is listed as: #1 Best Seller in Anarchism Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jan 12, 2021, at 10:36 AM, Paul Timmins wrote: > > "You have to let your customer's services contain death threats against the > owner of your company or we'll blacklist you" is the wildest take of 2021 yet. > > Blocking Amazon because of who they allow to remain a customer is something I > wholeheartedly encourage my competitors to do. > > On 1/12/21 9:29 AM, Kevin McCormick wrote: >> Imagine if Tier 1 ISPs had a censorship free clause that required companies >> like Twitter, Facebook, and Amazon to provide services free of censorship or >> have IP blocks blackholed. They would lose hundreds of millions of dollars >> per day. I bet they would reverse their tone in a hurry. >> >> https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/idaho-internet-provider-to-block-facebook-twitter-over-their-trump-bans/ >> >> Thank you, >> >> Kevin McCormick >> >> From: NANOG On Behalf Of mark >> seery >> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2021 8:06 PM >> To: K. Scott Helms >> Cc: NANOG Operators' Group >> Subject: Re: Parler >> >> I assume multiple networks/ ISPs that have acceptable use policies that call >> out criminality and incitement to violence, for example: >> >> https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/comcast-acceptable-use-policy >> >> Have these AUPs been invoked previously for these reasons, or would that be >> new territory? >> >> Sent from Mobile Device >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 2:52 PM, K. Scott Helms wrote: >> >> >> Right, it's not a list for content hosting. >> >> Scott Helms >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 5:42 PM wrote: >> No, this is a list for Network Operators. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 5:32 PM, K. Scott Helms wrote: >> >> >> This is a list for pushing bits. The fact that many/most of us have other >> businesses doesn't make this an appropriate forum for SIP issues (to use my >> own work as an example). >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:52 PM wrote: >> This is a list for Network Operators, AWS certainly operates networks. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 4:27 PM, K. Scott Helms wrote: >> >> >> No, >> >> It really does not. Section 230 only applies to publishers, and not to >> network providers. If this were a cloud hosting provider list then you'd be >> correct, but as a network provider's list it does not belong here. >> >> >> Scott Helms >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 3:21 PM Lady Benjamin PD Cannon >> wrote: >> As network operations and compute/cloud/hosting operations continue to >> coalesce, I very much disagree with you. Section 230 is absolutely >> relevant, this discussion is timely and relevant, and it directly affects me >> as both a telecom and cloud compute/services provider. >> >> >> —L.B. >> >> Lady Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE >> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC >> CEO >> b...@6by7.net >> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in >> the world.” >> FCC License KJ6FJJ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 12:13 PM, K. Scott Helms wrote: >> >> It's not, and frankly it's disappointing to see people pushing an agenda >> here. >> >> >> Scott Helms >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 9:37 AM wrote: >> >> >> NANOG is a group of Operators, discussion does not have to be about >> networking. I have already explained how this represents a significant issue >> for Network Operators. >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 9:09 AM, Mike Bolitho wrote: >> >> >> It has nothing to do with networking. Their decision was necessarily >> political. If you can specifically bring up an issue, beyond speculative, on >> how their new chosen CDN is somehow now causing congestion or routing issues >> on the public internet, then great. But as of now, that isn't even a thing. >> It's just best to leave it alone because it will devolve into chaos. >> >> - Mike Bolitho >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 6:54 AM wrote: >> >> >> Why? This is extremely relevant to network operators and is not political at >> all. >> >> On Jan 10, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Mike Bolitho wrote: >> >> >> Can we please not go down this rabbit hole on here? List admins? >> >> - Mike Bolitho >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 1:26 AM William Herrin wrote: >> >> >> Anybody looking for a new customer opportunity? It seems Parler is in >> search of a new service provider. Vendors need only provide all the >> proprietary AWS APIs that Parler depends upon to function. >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/ >> >> Regards, >> Bill HErrin
Re: WhatsApp's New Policy Has...
Same boat here. I don’t even have a FB account but I am in a handful of WhatsApp groups. Most are family related but one is a tight-knit men’s group at church where privacy is important. The “hey men, I’m struggling with and I need support” type group. We’re ditching WhatsApp likely for Signal as well. I trust satan himself more than I trust Zuckerburg. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Jan 8, 2021, at 10:00 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > ... finally been the final push all my friends needed to dump it and move to > Signal. > > Several of the WhatsApp groups I'm on have, as of this morning, been > disbanded and re-launched on Signal. > > Facebook say the new policy applies to business accounts, but heck, the cat's > out the bag and gone. > > What's most amazing to me is that a lot more people seem to be a tad more > concerned about their privacy, when they ordinarily wouldn't have. > > Mark.
Re: Nashville
Definitely was not at that intersection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nygTJeu9fU That’s security camera footage from about 154 2nd Ave. The AT building is across the street to the right. Commerce Street is a block to the left. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Dec 25, 2020, at 1:26 PM, cosmo wrote: > > The internet is buzzing with speculation about this. According to CNN the RV > was at 2nd and Commerce st, which puts it 1-block away from the ATT building. > If it were the target, I'd imagine they would have parked it closer. > > https://www.google.com/maps/search/2nd+and+congress+nashville/@36.1631367,-86.776487,18.42z > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:20 AM Andy Ringsmuth wrote: > Certainly thankful no serious injuries or fatalities in this clusterblank. > > It seems the AT building at 185 2nd Ave N may have been a target, which > would explain the timing (holiday morning when no one is out, as opposed to a > holiday evening when there would be mass casualties). A little curious what > that building has. Is it just a big co-lo place? Regional CLEC/ILEC? > > No earth-shattering revelations here. Admittedly just bored on a slow > Christmas Day when my wife is at work (nurse) and kid is playing with a new > tablet and I’m just watching the news trying to understand/figure out a > little what and why. > > > Andy Ringsmuth > 5609 Harding Drive > Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 > (402) 304-0083 > a...@andyring.com > > “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 >
Nashville
Certainly thankful no serious injuries or fatalities in this clusterblank. It seems the AT building at 185 2nd Ave N may have been a target, which would explain the timing (holiday morning when no one is out, as opposed to a holiday evening when there would be mass casualties). A little curious what that building has. Is it just a big co-lo place? Regional CLEC/ILEC? No earth-shattering revelations here. Admittedly just bored on a slow Christmas Day when my wife is at work (nurse) and kid is playing with a new tablet and I’m just watching the news trying to understand/figure out a little what and why. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: A letter from the CEO
> On Nov 23, 2020, at 12:35 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > >> 8tbps (8 terrabits per second). Terrabits? That’s a new one to me. Would that be akin to an “earthbit” or something like that? -Andy
Re: Disney+ Geolocation (again)
In other words: “oops, I shouldn’t have given out the secret e-mail addresses that actually work." Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Nov 20, 2020, at 1:18 PM, Jeff Mansukhani wrote: > > HI all, > > Sorry there is a misunderstanding. Requests for Disney+ should go via > https://help.disneyplus.com/csp instead. Please kindly remove from your > documentation and do not email thse two @disneystreaming.com email addresses. > > Thank you > > J > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Brian Turnbow via NANOG" > To: "Mike Hammett" > Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" > Sent: 11/16/2020 8:12:29 AM > Subject: RE: Re[2]: Disney+ Geolocation (again) > >> Hi Mike, >> >> You may want to add >> technical operations services team techops-servi...@disneystreaming.com >> >> We wrote to the distribution address and they replied forwarding it to >> services >> >> Brian >> >> From: NANOG On Behalf Of Mike >> Hammett >> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 7:25 PM >> To: Jeff Mansukhani >> Cc: Nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Disney+ Geolocation (again) >> >> I updated our page. :-) >> >> >> >> - >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> Midwest-IX >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> From: "Jeff Mansukhani" >> To: "Seth Mattinen" , Nanog@nanog.org >> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:49:40 PM >> Subject: Re[2]: Disney+ Geolocation (again) >> >> Specifically for Network Operators, you may email >> techops-distribut...@disneystreaming.com for technical issues relating >> to Disney+. Hope this helps. >> >> Thanks >> >> J
Re: Getting Fiber to My Town by Jared Mauch
I recall using that a couple decades ago, helping an electrician pull some circuits through our old office building. I had to put that stuff on the wires as he pulled them from the other end. “Just imagine you are jerking off an elephant” is how he told me to do it. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863 > On Sep 10, 2020, at 3:48 PM, Brandon Svec wrote: > > I’ve heard people call cable lube elephant snot, lol. > >> On Sep 10, 2020, at 1:29 PM, Josh Luthman >> wrote: >> >> I believe this is the stuff we used on our project: >> https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/electrical-tools-accessories/wire-conduit-installation/ideal-regyellow-77-wire-pulling-lubricant-5-gallon/31-355/p-133962344-c-6458.htm >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 4:25 PM Jared Mauch wrote: >> >> >> > On Sep 10, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Jared Geiger wrote: >> > >> > Another Jared with a question. What method did you use to blow the fiber >> > through the conduit? You mentioned you had trouble figuring out the >> > process relating to lubrication and building a contraption to blow the >> > fiber. >> >> You need the conduit lube. The duraline summer blowing lube worked well for >> me. >> >> - Jared >
dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/ I know this has been bantered about on the list in the past. Great (IMHO) to see this happen. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Re: Scientists predict more major hurricanes than normal in 2020 season
> On Apr 2, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Jeff Shultz wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:50 PM Scott Weeks wrote: > >> --- m...@mtcc.com wrote: >> From: Michael Thomas >> >> And a comet too! >> >> https://www.cnet.com/news/brightening-comet-atlas-could-soon-lift-your-gaze-and-spirits-just-a-little/ >> >> >> >> Relatively well prepared for a hurricane hit, but >> prepared for a comet hit? Haven't started that >> prep yet... ;-) >> >> scott > > Really only one way to prep for a comet hit: Proper stretching so you > can kiss yourself... goodbye at the appropriate moment. Well, shoot. You and I are gonna die! It’s merely a question of when and what from. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “ Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
Sunday traffic curiosity
Fellow NANOGers, Not a big deal by any means, but for those of you who have traffic data, I’m curious what Sunday morning looked like as compared to other Sundays. Sure, Netflix and similar companies have no doubt seen traffic increase, but I’m wondering if an influx of church service streaming was substantial enough to cause a noticeable traffic increase. We livestream our services and have been for about a year or so, but normally average just a handful of viewers. Today, we were around 150 watching live. Andy Ringsmuth a...@andyring.com
Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that
>>> After all - it's not like *they* are going to feel the pain of a single >>> 106G upload, it's somebody else who feels the pain of 5 million downloads >>> of a 106G image >>> refresh. >>> >>> Economists call this sort of thing an "externality". >> >> I must admit, I'm blissfully unaware of CDN commercials, but I'd have >> expected that if I give a CDN my binary 100G binary blob and six people >> download it, I'd be billed a different amount to if six million people >> download it - and similarly if that blob is 1G vs 100G. >> >> I guess I'm asking if there's an underlying problem with the model here, or >> if it's just the details of the numbers that are "wrong" in encouraging / >> discouraging certain behaviours. >> >> Regards, >> Tim. > > I just wish "they" would remember that their ultimate customers don’t usually > have 10G pipes - they have 6M and 10M pipes that may take hours, if not days, > to download one of these mega blobs. U, it is 2020, not 2010. 100M, 200M, 400M or 1G is increasingly common for home broadband. I’ve got 400M at home, could get 1G fiber for less than $100 if I wanted it, and I’m in your average, run-of-the-mill Midwest city. -Andy
Re: Reminiscing our first internet connections (WAS) Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that
> On Jan 28, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Paul Ebersman wrote: > > wsimpson> When we first designed PPP in the late '80s to replace SLIP > wsimpson> and SLFP, it was expected to run at 300 bps and scale up, so > wsimpson> the timeouts reflected that. When I designed PPP over ISDN, > wsimpson> added language to allow faster retransmission. > > SLIP and PPP were quite... robust. Some UCB folks managed to get SLIP > over tin can and string. Two acoustic coupler 150b modems, 2 8oz V8 cans > and waxed cotton thread. I remember a bit of those days as well. Not working with them but seeing acoustic coupler modems in action. In the late 80s when my grandfather was mayor of a small town in Minnesota, he had some kind of little terminal in his basement with an acoustic coupler modem. It was so he could add messages to a city TV station in his official mayoral capacity. I was probably 8 or 9 at the time. My brother and I thought it was really, really cool when he showed us how it worked by putting our names on TV. He put some little “welcome to my grandkids from Nebraska” message that, to a 9 year old in the 1980s was awesome to see. -Andy
Re: GPS Sync Outage
“It’s a glitch in the Matrix.” Momentarily donning my tinfoil hat here, as I certainly don’t claim to know the nitty gritty of how GPS timing works, but… What if, since the GPS system is operated by the US Air Force, there was something slipped into the GPS system relating to timing or accuracy or similar due to the events in the tinderbox of the Middle East? Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com > On Dec 31, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Alex Bradley wrote: > > Yes, lots of our key wireless network timing elements reported GPS timing > sync failure during the past two hours. > > Appears to be resolving now, within the past few minutes. > > > On 12/31/2019 02:08 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >> Is anyone else seeing GPS timing source outages across the U. S. In the last >> two hours? >
Re: RIPE our of IPv4
> On Nov 25, 2019, at 8:56 AM, Dmitry Sherman wrote: > > Just received a mail that RIPE is out of IPv4: > > Dear colleagues, > > Today, at 15:35 UTC+1 on 25 November 2019, we made our final /22 IPv4 > allocation from the last remaining addresses in our available pool. We have > now run out of IPv4 addresses. Does this mean we are finally ripe for widespread IPv6 adoption? (Admit it, someone had to say it!) Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: Cost effective time servers
> On Jun 20, 2019, at 10:18 PM, Jay Hennigan wrote: > > On 6/20/19 07:39, David Bass wrote: >> What are folks using these days for smaller organizations, that need to dole >> out time from an internal source? > > If you want to go really cheap and don't value your time, but do value > knowing the correct time, a GPS receiver with a USB interface and a Raspberry > Pi would do the trick. Not sure how accurate you need, but I just use a Raspberry Pi as a pool.ntp.org node. I thought about going the GPS route with it but didn’t want to mess with it. -Andy
Target stores down
Curious if anyone knows what happened (or is still happening) with the global outage of POS systems at Target stores. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Allied Telesis contact
Any chance there’s someone on NANOG from Allied Telesis or someone who knows someone? Been trying to upgrade the firmware on a couple of their switches for quite a while now and without fail, the images available from their support web site fail a CRC check. Hoping to contact someone who can help sort it out. Thanks everyone. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: Extending network over a dry pair
> On Dec 13, 2018, at 4:27 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 4:22 PM Dan Hollis wrote: > Repeaters are standard for T1s. > > I strongly suggest looking at wireless. There is almost guaranteed to be a > spot you can put a repeater up to bridge you to your gateway. > > Maybe this has been mentioned, and I missed it, but: A hybrid solution could > also be considered. > You could use a shorter dry pair to get around whatever obstacle is > preventing wireless, and then use wireless the rest of the way. Any chance the OP could show us on, say, Google Maps, where this is at? Maybe that will help generate some innovative solutions. -Andy
Re: Internet diameter?
> On Nov 21, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Ross Tajvar wrote: > > I'd argue that's just content (though admittedly a lot of it). You can't > cache, e.g., a SIP trunk, and offices which need to connect to each other > can't cache one another in a CDN either. > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 10:29 PM Aaron1 Considering 40% of the “internet” is sitting in my backyard in cdn caching, > I’d say the perceived diameter for that content is 3 or 4 hops. ;) > > ...but something tells me that isn’t they response you were seeking... > > ... but seriously it is interesting that with local caching that much of the > Internet is now sitting local in the subscriber’s ISP. > > Aaron > >> On Nov 21, 2018, at 4:55 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Does anybody have more or less recent data on the average, median and >> maximum diameter (ip hop count) of the Internet? My google fu is >> failing me: I've only found stuff from the '90s. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill Herrin >> Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/908/ -Andy
Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test
> On Oct 8, 2018, at 11:19 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > >> Perhaps I'm the only one who would spend more than $50 on a weather >> alert device? > > Fewer than 5% of households buy weather radios. > > WEA can reach over 60% of households with cell phones. Its not 100%. > > Yes, 5% of households are willing to spend $50 on a weather radio. How to > reach more than 5%? > I’ll chime in again as I’m the original poster for this whole thread (and no I’m not with the FCC or FEMA or anything else, just an average network guy like the rest of us). My weather alert radio did not activate during this test last week. I don’t know if it was supposed to or not, but it certainly does go crazy any time there’s a weather warning issued and for the weekly tests. Yeah, this thread is getting somewhat removed from the original question, so what the heck. I’ve often thought that vehicle radios should have a location-based weather radio built in, just like the location-based regular weather radios you can buy. If I’m traveling in an unfamiliar city and the weather is looking dicey, I won’t have any idea what AM station to turn on. Or if I’m on some 2-lane highway in Nowhere, Oklahoma, etc. etc. etc. Heck, I submitted that idea to a couple aftermarket car stereo manufacturers years ago but was met with crickets. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test
> On Oct 3, 2018, at 2:26 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: > > I cannot speak for AT, but my T-Mobile iPhones did not receive them either. > I was told by support that if you enabled WiFi-calling, you may not receive > the alert. If this is true, it seems to be a safety issue as WiFi calling > was enabled by default. Interesting. That seems to be a gigantic hole in this entire process. I do have my iPhone set to WiFi Calling as AT’s signal has trouble reaching inside our building very well. FEMA also notes: A dedicated mailbox has been created for all questions relating to the IPAWS National Test. Please e-mail us at fema-national-t...@fema.dhs.gov. I e-mailed them with my results as well. Might be worth considering sending a report to that address yourself if you didn’t receive it. If our friend Kim lobs a rocket this way for some reason, I’d kinda like to know about it before the sky turns orange. :-) ---- Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test
Did anyone on AT or an iPhone receive the test today? I believe it was supposed to happen at 2:18 EDT, followed by one on broadcast radio at 2:20 EDT. I’m in CDT, so 1:18 and 1:20 p.m. CDT. Message was heard on my desk radio at 1:21:35 p.m. CDT but as of the sending of this at 1:52 p.m. CDT, nothing on phones. I have an office full of AT iPhones and not a single one of them alerted. FEMA says https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test "Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, WEA compatible cell phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA should be capable of receiving the test message. Some cell phones will not receive the test message, and cell phones should only receive the message once." My wife, with a Sprint iPhone, received the test. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com
Yahoo Groups contact
Any chance someone here has admin/troubleshooting involvement with Yahoo Groups, or knows someone who does? Much appreciated. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com 5609 Harding Dr. Lincoln, NE 68521 (402) 304-0083 cellular
NANOG list errors
Fellow list members, The last several days, I’ve been receiving mail forwarding loop errors for the list. I’ll receive them several hours after sending a message. I’ll paste the latest two of them below, separated by % symbols. Anyone able to sort this out and fix? %%% This is the mail system at host mail.nanog.org. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system : mail forwarding loop for nanog@nanog.org Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.nanog.org X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 2B72F160040 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; a...@newslink.com Arrival-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:41:57 + (UTC) Final-Recipient: rfc822; nanog@nanog.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;nanog@nanog.org Action: failed Status: 5.4.6 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; mail forwarding loop for nanog@nanog.org From: Andy Ringsmuth Subject: Re: Proving Gig Speed Date: July 17, 2018 at 9:53:01 AM CDT To: NANOG list > On Jul 17, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > 10G to the home will be pointless as more and more people move away from > Ethernet to WiFi where the noise floor for most installs prevents anyone from > reaching 802.11n speeds, much less whatever alphabet soup comes later. > > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com Well, in a few years when we’re all watching 4D 32K Netflix on our 16-foot screens with 5 million DPI, it’ll make all the difference in the world, right? Tongue-in-cheek obviously. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular %% This is the mail system at host mail.nanog.org. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system : mail forwarding loop for nanog@nanog.org Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.nanog.org X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 2F2AA160040 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; a...@newslink.com Arrival-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:46:02 + (UTC) Final-Recipient: rfc822; nanog@nanog.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;nanog@nanog.org Action: failed Status: 5.4.6 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; mail forwarding loop for nanog@nanog.org From: Andy Ringsmuth Subject: Re: Proving Gig Speed Date: July 17, 2018 at 11:12:22 AM CDT To: NANOG list > On Jul 17, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 17/Jul/18 16:41, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> 10G to the home will be pointless as more and more people move away >> from Ethernet to WiFi where the noise floor for most installs prevents >> anyone from reaching 802.11n speeds, much less whatever alphabet soup >> comes later. > > Doesn't stop customers from buying it if it's cheap and available, which > doesn't stop them from proving they are getting 10Gbps as advertised. > > Mark. I suppose in reality it’s no different than any other utility. My home has 200 amp electrical service. Will I ever use 200 amps at one time? Highly highly unlikely. But if my electrical utility wanted to advertise “200 amp service in all homes we supply!” they sure could. Would an electrician be able to test it? I’m sure there is a way somehow. If me and everyone on my street tried to use 200 amps all at the same time, could the infrastructure handle it? Doubtful. But do I on occasion saturate my home fiber 300 mbit synchronous connection? Every now and then yes, but rarely. Although if I’m paying for 300 and not getting it, my ISP will be hearing from me. If my electrical utility told me “hey, you can upgrade to 500 amp service for no additional charge” would I do it? Sure, what the heck. If my water utility said “guess what? You can upgrade to a 2-inch water line at no additional charge!” would I do it? Probably yeah, why not? Would I ever use all that capacity on $random_utility at one time? Of course not. But nice to know it’s there if I ever need it. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com 5609 Harding Dr. Lincoln, NE 68521 (402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Proving Gig Speed
> On Jul 17, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 17/Jul/18 16:41, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> 10G to the home will be pointless as more and more people move away >> from Ethernet to WiFi where the noise floor for most installs prevents >> anyone from reaching 802.11n speeds, much less whatever alphabet soup >> comes later. > > Doesn't stop customers from buying it if it's cheap and available, which > doesn't stop them from proving they are getting 10Gbps as advertised. > > Mark. I suppose in reality it’s no different than any other utility. My home has 200 amp electrical service. Will I ever use 200 amps at one time? Highly highly unlikely. But if my electrical utility wanted to advertise “200 amp service in all homes we supply!” they sure could. Would an electrician be able to test it? I’m sure there is a way somehow. If me and everyone on my street tried to use 200 amps all at the same time, could the infrastructure handle it? Doubtful. But do I on occasion saturate my home fiber 300 mbit synchronous connection? Every now and then yes, but rarely. Although if I’m paying for 300 and not getting it, my ISP will be hearing from me. If my electrical utility told me “hey, you can upgrade to 500 amp service for no additional charge” would I do it? Sure, what the heck. If my water utility said “guess what? You can upgrade to a 2-inch water line at no additional charge!” would I do it? Probably yeah, why not? Would I ever use all that capacity on $random_utility at one time? Of course not. But nice to know it’s there if I ever need it. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Proving Gig Speed
> On Jul 17, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > 10G to the home will be pointless as more and more people move away from > Ethernet to WiFi where the noise floor for most installs prevents anyone from > reaching 802.11n speeds, much less whatever alphabet soup comes later. > > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com Well, in a few years when we’re all watching 4D 32K Netflix on our 16-foot screens with 5 million DPI, it’ll make all the difference in the world, right? Tongue-in-cheek obviously. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers
> On Jul 14, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Brian Kantor wrote: > >>> I find myself driving down Route 66. On our way through Arizona, I was >>> surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links. They >>> pretty much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a lot >>> of fiber buried. > > Could they be a legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network > Telecommunications, > now known under the acronym SPRINT? > - Brian > Not along Route 66 in Arizona. That generally parallels BNSF Railway, formerly the Santa Fe down there. Southern Pacific followed Interstate 10 much further south. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers
> On Jul 14, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Miles Fidelman > wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I find myself driving down Route 66. On our way through Arizona, I was > surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links. They pretty > much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a lot of fiber > buried. > > Struck me as somewhat interesting. > > It also struck me that folks here might have some comments. > > Miles Fidelman I’m not 100 percent positive, but from what I recall in my time down that way as a contractor for $major_railroad, I believe they are or were used by the railroad for their communication links. They may not necessarily be in service any longer though. Probably one of those instances where “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In other words, if the tower isn’t falling down or a hazard, why spend the money to go remove it? I know as recently as 2003, BNSF Railway was still using and upgrading microwave infrastructure in Chicago. http://reference.newslink.com/current-pubs/CHIC/CHIC0304.pdf (see page 2) Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: SIP fax sending software?
> On May 30, 2018, at 4:10 PM, Andrew Latham wrote: > > T.38 if your provider supports it > > Try https://github.com/hehol/t38modem > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 3:15 PM John R. Levine wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend software that sends faxes over SIP? I have plenty of >> inbound fax to email services, but now and then I need to send a reply and >> it looks tacky to use one of the free web ones that put an ad on it. >> >> I know that if I wanted to pay $15/mo there are lots of lovely services >> but we're taking about one fax a month, maybe, here. >> >> Ideally it'd take a postscript or PDF or Word document and a phone number >> and fax it to that number. I have Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and MacOS boxes. Any >> suggestions? I ran into this issue when we went to a SIP phone system earlier this year. We opted to go with HelloFax and it has worked well. They do have a free account which allows you to send up to 5 faxes a month. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Impacts of Encryption Everywhere (any solution?)
> On May 29, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > Basically, while you presented the "pro" side of unencrypted content > (being able to cache), you didn't present any of the negative side. > I have to wonder if the villagers were given a choice of faster > internet, where 5% of them had their bank account cleaned out, and 5% > had their identity stolen, or slower, secure internet which they would > choose? If you’re in $TinyVillage in $PoorAfricanCountry, do you even have a bank account or an online identity that could be stolen? Just my $0.02 on this increasingly off-topic thread. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Remote power cycle recommendations
I’m sure many here are familiar with or using/have used devices to remotely power cycle equipment. I’m considering a Dataprobe iBoot-G2 and am curious if you’ve had experience with it, or other recommendations. I only need one outlet to be remotely power cycle-able. I have one piece of equipment that is occasionally a little flaky and, well, you know the hassle. What do people recommend? There seem to be plenty out there which are more designed to auto-reboot when Internet connectivity is lost, aka remotely reboot the ‘ol cable modem for instance, but that’s not my scenario. Thanks in advance. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: New DNS Service
On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote: > > And any consensus regarding the service? My layman question is how does this > provide privacy? The routers still need to know the IP address of the far end > point. I would assume that it would be easy to deduce the domain name from > the IP address. > > - R. > > > From: Andy Ringsmuth <a...@andyring.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 4:03 PM > To: Rod Beck > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: New DNS Service > > > > On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> > > wrote: > > > > https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-dns-privacy.html > > DNS service announced, puts privacy first > techxplore.com > A new service that is offering privacy protection when you browse the web was > announced Sunday. The security company Cloudflare is delivering a consumer > DNS service called 1.1.1.1. > > > > > > > Not associated with Cloudflare in any way. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Roderick. > > > > Mildly interesting but very much old news. The new Cloudflare DNS has been > discussed extensively right here on NANOG for the last few days. > > > -Andy A couple points, Rod: 1. I believe bottom posting is preferred here. 2. Well, yeah, it’s easy to go “backwards” with DNS/IP addresses. You can do it from any command line interface. That’s not the point here with Cloudflare’s DNS, or other publicly available DNS services. When you default to your ISP’s DNS servers, it’s easy for them to tie DNS requests to a particular customer (you) and monetize (share, sell, etc.) that information. What I believe Cloudflare is saying with their DNS service is “Hey, we won’t do that.” -Andy
Re: New DNS Service
> On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote: > > https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-dns-privacy.html > > > Not associated with Cloudflare in any way. > > > Regards, > > > Roderick. > Mildly interesting but very much old news. The new Cloudflare DNS has been discussed extensively right here on NANOG for the last few days. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
TimeWarner (Spectrum) Voice contact
Anyone have a contact at TimeWarner (aka Spectrum) Voice services that you could pass along to me? MUCH appreciated! Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Iran censorship?
I do remember that, and I know they’re capable of it. Was simply curious if anyone was aware of it actually happening (yet) this time around. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular > On Dec 30, 2017, at 10:19 PM, Matt Harris <m...@netfire.net> wrote: > > This is nothing new for even moderate authoritarian states (see: Egypt during > the 'arab spring' protests), and should be no surprise from a totalitarian > state such as Iran. > > We've seen Iran up to no good on a global scale in the past, too, far beyond > what's being suggested here: > https://dyn.com/blog/iran-leaks-censorship-via-bgp-hijacks/ > So we know that they have national censorship in place. > > Are you looking for anything more specific here? > > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Andy Ringsmuth <a...@newslink.com> wrote: > Thought this might be a welcome change from the IPv6 waste discussion and > meta-discussion. > > Seeing a few references in the news to Iran possibly cutting off Internet (at > least on mobile devices) in light of significant protests around the country: > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-warns-against-illegal-gatherings-protests-112847988.html > > Was curious if anyone “in the know” has anything to back it up, etc. > > > > Andy Ringsmuth > a...@newslink.com > News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities > 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 > (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular > > > > > -- > Matt Harris - Chief Security Officer > Main: +1 855.696.3834 ext 103 > Mobile: +1 908.590.9472 > Email: m...@netfire.net >
Iran censorship?
Thought this might be a welcome change from the IPv6 waste discussion and meta-discussion. Seeing a few references in the news to Iran possibly cutting off Internet (at least on mobile devices) in light of significant protests around the country: https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-warns-against-illegal-gatherings-protests-112847988.html Was curious if anyone “in the know” has anything to back it up, etc. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Canadian National Railway contact
If there happens to be someone here from the Canadian National Railway, or if someone knows someone there, could you hit me up off-list? Attempting to work through an e-mail block from us to them that I’ve been unsuccessful remedying so far. Much appreciated! Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Hosting recommendations
Fellow NANOGers, I realize the list rules prohibit people advertising/pushing their own products or companies, so I hope this doesn’t break that rule by asking. I’d like some recommendations for a solid hosting provider. Nothing hugely extensive. About 50 IMAP email users, basic web hosting for a few domains, some mailman lists and that’s about it. I’ve had us with our current host for several years but their e-mail infrastructure has been increasingly unreliable the last couple years. I don’t really want to go through the headache of switching providers but if it means less problems down the road, I’ll definitely do it. I have self-hosted in the past but it was a big enough challenge that I won’t go that route again. So, what do y’all recommend for a solid provider? Thank you in advance! Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Chris Knipe <sav...@savage.za.org> wrote: > > Bwahaha > > Ok - that's me, never ever will I look at NexFlix again. > > I have my own /48, registered in my own name, my own company, my own > peering links, and my own transit links. Signup, no problems. As soon as > I started watching a stream... > > Wham, blocked. Proxy Detected. > > It's clear NetFlix has something against IPv6, not tunnels. I disagree. I’ve got IPv6 at work, nothing elaborate, just a /48 given to us by our ISP. I ran a test on an IPv6-only connection, no IPv4 addressing whatsoever, and a few random Netflix shows played perfectly fine. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Anyone here from Orbitz?
Any chance someone on the list from Orbitz? Car rentals are suddenly impossible to book. It seems there’s a session timeout set to essentially zero. Selecting a vehicle returns this URL: http://www.orbitz.com/shop/home?errorId=3207 And an error of “We’ve noticed you’ve been away from this page for a while and your session has timed out. Please try again.” Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Barracuda largely down
I’m a Barracuda customer, and they’ve been essentially down all morning and into this afternoon. Here’s their explanation and a followup, neither of which are accurate. I say that because: 1. The problem manifests itself by mail being blocked under the guise of “Cloudscan Service Unavailable.” 2. My company’s account has never, ever used Cloudscan. It has always been disabled at Barracuda. 3. Their own instructions, posted below, say that to bypass the problems you can disable Cloudscan. 4. They also state that as of 12:44 p.m. CDT, they’ve un-done whatever caused the problem. 5. As of 1:18 p.m. CDT, virtually all mail is still being blocked. Here’s what they say. Anyone here know anyone at Barracuda with a clue? The Email Security Service at ess.barracuda.com is currently experiencing a degraded service in it's cloud scan functionality. From 9/17/2015 06:00 am Please note however that your mail is not being blocked. It is being deferred because we were unable to scan the mail. This means that the sending servers will retry the mail until delivered. You can however bypass the cloud scan service from your Email Security Service admin page by clicking on "Inbound settings / Anti-spam AntiVirus" and then set "Enable Cloudscan" to NO. We will update in here when the CloudScan service is back working correctly. Thank you for your patience The times specified in this topic are in Pacific (US) Time. --- Eastern (US): Thu Sep 17 2015 12:00:00 to Thu Sep 17 2015 18:30:00 --- London: Thu Sep 17 2015 13:00:00 to Thu Sep 17 2015 19:30:00 --- Austria: Thu Sep 17 2015 14:00:00 to Thu Sep 17 2015 20:30:00 --- India: Thu Sep 17 2015 18:30:00 to Fri Sep 18 2015 01:00:00 --- China (Shanghai): Thu Sep 17 2015 21:00:00 to Fri Sep 18 2015 03:30:00 --- Japan: Thu Sep 17 2015 22:00:00 to Fri Sep 18 2015 04:30:00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Posted Today, 01:44 PM Barracdua networks has rolled back the change that resulted in mail being deferred for "cloudscan service unavailable" If you did turn off the cloudscan service it can be turned back on at this time. Note that if you turned off the cloudscan service then mail was still filtered for viruses, BRTS, INTENT, etc.. Thank you Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Travel, Technology & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: World's Fastest Internet™ in Canadaland
On Jun 26, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Mike Hammett na...@ics-il.net wrote: Some of those are why would one EVER need more than X, while others are why would one NOW need more than X. Big difference. Simple fact that there is no residential application that needs more than even 50 megabit much less 10,000 megabit. Oh sure there is. What happens when you use Carbonite or one of the other online backup services and needed a full restore? I bet the average home user, considering one to three or four PCs, could easily have a few terabytes of data. A 500G disk dies and you restore a backup. Bingo, you’re pegging the meter for quite a while. Or even routine backups. On my Mac, after an average day at the office, my Time Machine backup runs anywhere from 1 to 10 gigabytes. If I were to run a Carbonite-type backup when I got home, that’s a substantial chunk. -Andy
Intrusion Detection recommendations
NANOG'ers, I've been tasked by our company president to learn about, investigate and recommend an intrusion detection system for our company. We're a smaller outfit, less than 100 employees, entirely Apple-based. Macs, iPhones, some Mac Mini servers, etc., and a fiber connection to the world. We are protected by a FreeBSD firewall setup, and we stay current on updates/patches from Apple and FreeBSD, but that's as far as my expertise goes. Initially, what do people recommend for: 1. Crash course in intrusion detection as a whole 2. Suggestions or recommendations for intrusion detection hardware or software 3. Other things I'm likely overlooking Thank you all in advance for your wisdom. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: Here comes iOS 8...
From: Zachary McGibbon zachary.mcgibbon+na...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:59 PM To: NANOG nanog@nanog.org Subject: Here comes iOS 8... So Apple is about to release iOS 8... Have you done anything special to your network setup to accommodate the traffic flood ie traffic shaping rules, cache servers, etc? I heard that Apple Caching servers won't work with this update, so I'm guessing it will be pushed through Akamai servers as is usually is. - Zachary Interestingly enough, it seems Apple primarily used it's own, new, CDN for the iOS 8 release: http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/18/apple-chose-to-handle-ios-8-rollout-with-own-content-delivery-network Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Roadrunner/TimeWarner contact
Any chance there's someone from Roadrunner out there who could contact me off-list? Been dealing with some erratic POP/SMTP/IMAP authentication problems that I've had zero luck remedying through normal channels. Much appreciated. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Comcast contact
Any chance someone on this list is affiliated with Comcast who could contact me off-list? I have an employee in Virginia who works from home using, in part, a VOIP desk telephone tied into our office phone system back in Nebraska. She's had nothing but problems maintaining a stable connection and I'm at my wit's end to diagnose and fix whatever is causing her problems. I've got this exact setup with several employees around the country, but this one person is the only one who, 1 - has problems and 2 - has Comcast. Much appreciated! Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Re: PRISM: NSA/FBI Internet data mining project
On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Mark Seiden m...@seiden.com wrote: and also, only $20m/year? in my experience, the govt cannot do anything like this addressing even a single provider for that little money. agreed, that 20m seems extraordinarily low for such an effort... hell, for 6 yrs time transport costs along would have exceeded that number. Obligatory Independence Day quote: President Thomas Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this? Julius Levinson: You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you? Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Postini or Google contact
Any chance there's someone on this list from Google, or more specifically, the Postini portion? We're having some unusual mail blockages coming from one specific domain that Postini has been giving us headaches over for the past few weeks. I've got the logs to verify/help track down the problem, but I've confirmed it is within Postini. Much appreciated. Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology 1845 S. 11th St., Lincoln, NE 68502 (402) 475-6397(402) 304-0083 cellular
Contact at BNSF Railway
Anyone on here have a contact at BNSF Railway in Fort Worth, Texas, who could contact me off-list? I think something is mucked up with their mail servers and is starting to refuse incoming mail. Don't know if it's just from my domain or more globally, but my company handles the lion's share of BNSF's employee communications, which is fairly critical. --- Andy Ringsmuth andyr...@inebraska.com
Cox outage in Alexandria, Va.
One of my employees is reporting that Cox told her a backhoe cut a main line somewhere in the Alexandria, Virginia area earlier this morning. More than likely a fiber cut I'd imagine. Apparently it's affecting about 50,000 residential customers and has been down since 5 a.m. Anyone have more info? --- Andy Ringsmuth (402) 304-0083 andyr...@inebraska.com
