Well, there is a lot of single homed stuff out there for sure. It doesn't get much better the higher up you go in the OSI model though. There's also a lot of incompetent operators out there as well. http://www.bgpmon.net/large-hijack-affects-reachability-of-high-traffic-destinations/ https://twitter.com/bgpstream?lang=en
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >
