We do that regularly in the Hoosier State! :) > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:33 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] A Ridiculous Failure of Critical Infrastructure > > This is where it would be nice if WISPs were friendly enough with each > other > in their area to interconnect their networks. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Matt Larsen - Lists" <li...@manageisp.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:54 AM > To: "Telecom Regulation & the Internet" <CYBERTELECOM- > l...@listserv.aol.com>; > "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>; <motorola-us...@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] A Ridiculous Failure of Critical Infrastructure > > > Some kind of combination of failure between Charter and Qwest has > left > > tens of thousands of people in Nebraska without Internet and has > > disrupted the Internet and phone services for thousands more. > Right > > now, the outage is going on 12 hours and there is no ETA for repair > in > > sight. > > > > The word coming down is that the outage is on a Qwest fiber, but it > > looks to me like both parties should be on the hot seat for not > having > > the ability to route around the problem. There was a four hour > outage > > on Charter a week ago that was caused by a fiber cut in Gothenburg, > > Nebraska. > > That one killed everything west of the cut, but it was small potatoes > > compared to this one. Is this truly the level of performance that > we > > can expect from our major Internet backbone providers? It took me > > about 10 seconds to re-route my traffic to a backup provider - you > would > > think that a couple of multimillion dollar companies would be able to > > sort out a problem of this nature in a reasonable amount of time. > The > > small CLEC that I use for my backup connection had enough capacity to > > route around the problem and was even able to lend me a little bit > after > > 5pm when the traffic on their network (mostly businesses) dropped > off. > > It isn't rocket science to figure out how to route around an outage. > > > > Almost as frustrating is that there was NO news about the outages > > anywhere except on the social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter). > > One TV station in Hastings, NE put up a short story on their website, > > but I got more news from the tweets and FB posts that people where > > posting from their cell phones than I did from anywhere else. None > of > > the network outage sites have any news about this. > > > > Could this be a harbinger of things to come? I am feeling pretty > > thankful right now that I have a choice in backbone providers and > that I > > kept a second one. Diversity is a good thing, and this is a great > > example of why we need competition and multiple options for Internet. > > > > Matt Larsen > > vistabeam.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.88/2538 - Release Date: > 12/01/09 07:59:00
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