Re: Texas ERCOT power shortages (again) April 13

2021-04-14 Thread Mike Bolitho
Can we keep this mailing list free of politics please? Being for or against renewable energy has nothing to do with network operations. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 6:31 AM Izaac wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 06:54:55AM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote: > > So looks like ERCOT have

Re: Ip space Dilemma

2021-03-09 Thread Mike Bolitho
Have you written a state legislature yet? Reach out to your representative's offices and let them know. That's part of their job, constituent services. Since they are state government websites, they will have a little power. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 7:15 AM Justin Wilson (Lists

Re: Re Parler

2021-01-14 Thread Mike Bolitho
k operations, and requires actual lawyers with access to the case information and witnesses to figure out what's going on. And as Jay said, it's getting stupid. - Mike Bolitho On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:00 PM Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: "Mel Beckman&qu

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Bolitho
. 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

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Bolitho
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 > propri

Re: WhatsApp's New Policy Has...

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Bolitho
Zoom bought Keybase. Keybase also has a bit of technical overhead that prevents casual users from adopting. It's why my group chats are migrating to Signal. Having non-tech friends generate key strings and all that... definitely not going to happen. - Mike Bolitho On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:17

Re: Centurylink having a bad morning?

2020-08-31 Thread Mike Bolitho
That's all we can do. Thankfully I work for an org that understands this and has *at least* two fully redundant circuits. Sometimes a third smaller carrier if we can prove that it is diverse, but that isn't the case very often. - Mike Bolitho On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 7:35 AM Tomas Lynch wrote

Re: Does anyone actually like CenturyLink?

2020-08-31 Thread Mike Bolitho
be a thing. - Mike Bolitho On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 6:31 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > I've never heard a single positive word about them >> > > There is rarely much in the way of emails/messages sent about things when > they work well. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 11:03 AM Ross Ta

Re: Centurylink having a bad morning?

2020-08-30 Thread Mike Bolitho
Exactly. And asking that they somehow prove this won't happen again is impossible. - Mike Bolitho On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:10 AM Drew Weaver wrote: > I’m not defending them but I am sure it isn’t intentional. > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf > Of *Baldur Norddahl > *Sen

Re: Does anyone actually like CenturyLink?

2020-08-30 Thread Mike Bolitho
This is on the Legacy Level 3 side which is generally much better and still largely separate (according to my former co-workers). So say what you want about CTL but this is an LVLT issue. - Mike Bolitho On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:03 AM Ross Tajvar wrote: > I've never heard a single positive w

Re: Question on BlackBox or Commworks

2020-07-29 Thread Mike Bolitho
BlackBox techs. And I have dealt with some really bad BlackBox techs. The guys I work with on a regular basis in Phoenix are great. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:05 AM Joseph Jenkins wrote: > Do you know or have experience with either company? Do they have their own >

Re: Contact at Ubiquiti Networks?

2020-05-26 Thread Mike Bolitho
rprise grade, which they do (*Narrator: They're not*), then they need to fix bugs in their production software. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 6:44 AM Mel Beckman wrote: > I deploy Ubiquiti equipment quite a bit, both in WLANs and WISP > distribution networks. It’s excellent quali

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-20 Thread Mike Bolitho
o what was necessary because of some idealistic hard line people drew in the sand. - Mike Bolitho On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 7:44 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > It is something that matters, because it has the potential to set a > dangerous precedent. > > If you say "$Service should

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
, was that even for degraded circuits we had to do everything in our power to restore to full operations. If capacity is an issue and causes TSP coded DIA circuits to be unusable then that falls under the "any reason" clause of that line. - Mike Bolitho On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM T

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
I've said it over and over again, we have TSP and it could easily be used to enforce priority to emergency preparedness customers. It's built into the language. - Mike Bolitho On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > EU regulations with such things are vastly different t

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
ot; https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-overload-eu/index.html - Mike Bolitho On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:03 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 19/Mar/20 04:35, Scott Weeks wrote: > > > > > > We do about 70-80Gbps at peak over the external > > BG

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-17 Thread Mike Bolitho
ant during times like this. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 10:35 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > You're facing essentially the same issue as many in non-healthcare do ; > how to best talk to applications in Magic Cloud Land. Reaching the major > cloud providers does not require DIA ; t

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-17 Thread Mike Bolitho
hip. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 9:54 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > The answer is don't shove application traffic that has tight service level > requirements onto the public internet at large and expect the same > performance as private circuits or other SLA protected services. &g

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-17 Thread Mike Bolitho
no longer a right because you're now infringing on other's rights by potentially getting them sick. Maybe 4K Netflix fits into that category if you're causing problems for first responders and hospitals trying to save lives. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:22 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > >

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-16 Thread Mike Bolitho
are literally shutting down private businesses (restaurants, bars, night clubs, private schools) and banning people from associating in groups of larger than 50. *The opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer or their views.* - Mike Bolitho On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 6:12

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-14 Thread Mike Bolitho
to every single cloud provider. That's preposterous to even suggest. - Mike Bolitho On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 10:40 AM Clayton Zekelman wrote: > > > The Internet is not a telecommunications service, according to your FCC. > If you want predictability, buy WAN circuits, not Inter

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-14 Thread Mike Bolitho
critical to THEIR mission?...* *...The last thing we need are a bunch of kids in quarantine that have > NOTHING to do because Mike Bolitho thinks their entertainment isn't part of > the "mission" of the Internet.* We already have that. It's called Telecommunication

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-14 Thread Mike Bolitho
d, change some rules on my firewall). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sabri >>> >>> >>> - On Mar 13, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Hugo Slabbert >>> wrote: >>> >>> I think under circumstances like this, I could definitely se

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-13 Thread Mike Bolitho
I think under circumstances like this, I could definitely see some of the online based games shutting services down. - Mike Bolitho On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM Ahmed Borno wrote: > Its already happening in Italy, and now that schools are shutting down > here as well, its going

Re: The curious case of 159.174.0.0/16

2020-01-29 Thread Mike Bolitho
e talking about and that you're not belligerent and people will be more than happy to work with you. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 9:16 AM Sabri Berisha wrote: > - On Jan 29, 2020, at 12:40 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette > r...@tristatelogic.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > (I have a

Re: Internet services in Antarctica

2020-01-20 Thread Mike Bolitho
One of my buddies was a network engineer at Palmer Station for a winter. Let me reach out to him. - Mike Bolitho On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 3:15 AM Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: > Hi, > > I have a hobby project running DNS service to people looking for NTP > public servers. I noticed

Re: power to the internet

2019-12-26 Thread Mike Bolitho
I'm pretty sure political bickering is well beyond the scope of the mailing list. Is anyone moderating this? - Mike Bolitho On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 7:20 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > Same story again different colors. PG making a mint while people get >> screwed >> > > I'm

Re: Disney+ Streaming

2019-11-28 Thread Mike Bolitho
Again, this has gone beyond off-topic for the NANOG list. Please take the discussion elsewhere. -Mike Bolitho On Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 3:52 PM Michael Thomas wrote: > Back in the old days, we had the ultimate in unbundling: you walked up, > got a ticket, and watched the movie. > >

Re: Level(3) DNS Spoofing All Domains

2019-11-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
t; to a third party then it would be your fault. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:18 AM Marshall, Quincy wrote: > *On *Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:49 PM, Mike Bolitho < > mikeboli...@gmail.com> said… > > “This is was my thought as well. People always get up

Re: Level(3) DNS Spoofing All Domains

2019-11-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
This is was my thought as well. People always get up in arms about how it's "Public DNS!" but it's really not. It's just well known and used because it's easy to remember. - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 9:28 AM Ryan, Spencer wrote: > Are you a CL/L3 customer? Those resolv

Re: Disney+ Streaming

2019-11-13 Thread Mike Bolitho
This has gone well beyond out of scope of the NANOG list. Discussing who watches what kind of content has nothing to do with networking. Can you guys take the conversation elsewhere? - Mike Bolitho On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:34 PM Matthew Petach wrote: > > My point was that Disney has

Re: Russian government’s disconnection test

2019-11-02 Thread Mike Bolitho
gle Cloud data centers located around the globe makes anything hosted there even more resilient, not less (and for the most part, I still prefer on prem DC so I'm not even pushing "To the cloud!"). - Mike Bolitho On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:16 PM Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > Unp

Re: Viability of GNS3 network simulation for testing features/configurations.

2019-10-16 Thread Mike Bolitho
EVE-NG is also really good. Just an FYI, GNS3 went through a major refresh about 18 months ago or so and it's so much better now. Either way, you can't go wrong with GNS3 or EVE-NG. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:18 AM Aaron Gould wrote: > Oh, forgot the links… > >

Re: Viability of GNS3 network simulation for testing features/configurations.

2019-10-16 Thread Mike Bolitho
Totally agree with Tom here. It's going to work really well for most things. But if you're testing code for bugs you NEED to do it on the same hardware you have in your environment in an actual lab. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 9:56 AM Tom Beecher wrote: > GNS3 can do a h

Re: Word Usage (was Re: Elad Cohen)

2019-09-20 Thread Mike Bolitho
Everytime you guys change the subject on this pointless thread, you break my filter. Admins can you please take action on this? Enough is enough. -Mike Bolitho On Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 3:21 AM James Downs via NANOG wrote: > For the record: > > Slander is false *spoken* statements

Re: What can ISPs do better? Removing racism out of internet

2019-08-05 Thread Mike Bolitho
"I am sure there are many sites like this out there, but could network operators do anything to make these sites “not so easy” to be found, reached, and used to end innocent lives?" As network operators? We shouldn't do anything. The onus falls on the hosting companies. I do not want to go down

Re: AS3549 NOC contacts? Another BGP hijack

2019-07-19 Thread Mike Bolitho
NOC is 877-453-8353. That will get you the legacy Global Crossing (Level 3) teams. On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 2:12 PM Dmitry A.Deineka wrote: > Greetings, > > Unfortunately, n...@gblx.net is not accepting emails anymore. Someone from > AS3549 announced one of our network (more specific route)

Re: Fiber providers - Englewood / Centennial Colorado

2019-07-17 Thread Mike Bolitho
Denver is a tough market for diversity's sake. Just about everyone that was there was gobbled up by what is now CenturyLink. -Mike Bolitho On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 4:12 PM JASON BOTHE via NANOG wrote: > Hi all > > Just curious if you know of any fiber providers other than C

Re: Reddit down

2019-07-11 Thread Mike Bolitho
Working fine in Phoenix on Cox and CenturyLink. -Mike Bolitho On Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 7:16 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > Good for me at my house right now - Johannesburg. > > Fastly are delivering... > > MacBook-Pro-7:~ tinka$ traceroute -I www.reddit.com > traceroute to red

Re: Looking for a knowledgeable Level3 and GTT off-list contact

2019-07-10 Thread Mike Bolitho
They're not going to do anything unless there is a warrant, especially considering that it's not a customer of theirs. Of course "illegal" traffic is going to flow over Tier I equipment, public internet is public internet. - Mike Bolitho On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 6:30 AM ecdhe via NA

Re: CenturyLink/Level3 feedback

2019-07-05 Thread Mike Bolitho
Just out of curiosity, what network are they bringing you up on? - Mike Bolitho On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 12:11 PM Stephen Frost wrote: > Greetings, > > I have to admit that I was hoping to be able to report to this list that > CL was able to spin up a new 1G in fairly short orde

Re: CenturyLink/Level 3 combined AS

2019-06-08 Thread Mike Bolitho
As usual, that depends. Gotta give us a lot more information than that. -Mike Bolitho On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 6:10 AM Darin Steffl wrote: > Ok just so simplify things. > > Is Cogent or CenturyLink/L3 better for transit? > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 3:00 PM Brielle Bruns wrote: > &g

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-13 Thread Mike Bolitho
with the terrain to know how feasible that is. > > Frank > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Mel Beckman > *Sent:* Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:52 AM > *To:* Mike Bolitho > *Cc:* nanog@nanog.org > *Subject:* Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report >

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-11 Thread Mike Bolitho
in and letting each telco know exactly where they were, what does that provide other than an impossibly large and fluid dataset to parse for any meaningful information. - Mike Bolitho On Thu, May 9, 2019, 4:43 PM Sean Donelan wrote: > > The FCC has released its report and analysis of Hurricane Michael

Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?

2019-04-24 Thread Mike Bolitho
> > "than the relatively low risk of a database compromise leading to a > miscreant getting ahold of their wireless password and using their access > point as free wifi." > And this is the thing, not only does someone have to 'hack' the database, they also need to drive up to your house and sit

Re: residential/smb internet access in 2019 - help?

2019-03-27 Thread Mike Bolitho
> > Agreedthis is why monopolies are bad and municipal fiber is good. > It's not like municipal fiber has some magic spell to make last mile affordable though. On OP's instance he would run into the same issue and would be paying that five figure amount to bring FTTP. Municipal fiber is only