It's not, really, it's the fragility of layers 1 and 2... all the BGP sessions in the world and diverse upstreams won't help you if you're not diverse and suffer backhoe fade, tornado, raccoon chew, drunk guy in a semi truck taking out an entire utility pole, 40 pound chunk of ice falling on a dish+radio, etc etc
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > ... or how fragile BGP is :) > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If the average person knew to what extent the internet is held together > with > > duct tape and twine, they'd be scared. Splice canisters for backbone > lines > > carrying 40-channel WDM systems going through handholes that are also a > > residence of a family of angry raccoons. > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Some may laugh, but that's, sadly, quite plausible. > >> > >> That said, at least a few years ago one could making a killing > >> replacing light bulbs at AT&T shelters. $800/bulb. > >> > >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > somebody in a cell site shelter tripped over an orange extension cord > >> > and $5 > >> > power strip probably... > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Gino Villarini <ginovi...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> yeap, we are being affected, outage is related to Mobile Network. No > >> >> official word yet, there was a earlier rumor about a circuit breaker > >> >> being > >> >> accidentally turned off. But my inside sources debunked it. I > believe > >> >> its > >> >> a Issue with EPC > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Bit AT&T PR outage. Over 1 million cusomers down for 8+ hours now. > >> >>> > >> >>> Were you effected? Any idea what caused it? > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > > > > >
