On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 11:27 AM Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote:
> In my engagement with the government - their focus has been all about > saving lives and minimising the impact of lockdown - I see zero evidence of > what you claim. > I have absolutely no doubt this is the case at lower levels, however a level scepticism when higher level UK.gov appeared to do very little comparatively other than suggest a stiff upper lip and taking it on the chin initially is also understandable. We also appear not to have learned from the Brexit arguments about a percentage of the population will blindly believe what they read on the internet without question, requiring a level of explicitness (mandating not asking, killing the 5G myths dead immediately when first raised) when given the opportunity to do so (daily briefings). We cannot cite uk.gov for the proliferation across individual platforms or from public individuals, we can for woolly advice when given the platform to nip that in the bud in the first instance which then puts folks in our community on the ground in dangerous situations. What we can do is consistently try to put those to bed whenever we see them, which I believe we’ve all been doing both as individuals and collectively publicly and I’m very sure not so publicly. But all the above isn’t really network ops, although does impact network ops, so I digress. /ontopic: Respect to all those having to take abuse on the front lines and those working in the background to keep the lights on. Thoughts and love with all those (and at least 1 UKNOF attendee is part of the former) .. and as a reminder, we have a virtual UKNOF planned whereas we hope to try and pull together everyones stories, the good, the bad and the lessons learned - expect a CFP with an expedited process this week working in partnership with other orgs. Thoughts thus far for submissions: - Impacts (more than just bandwidth graphs) - people, supply chain, availability, voip, etc - How we ....... - An ultimate 5G myth compilation/rebuttal - Highlighting some of the individual stores we've seen about engineer abuse. Chris >
