Is this kind of event an argument against "net neutrality"?
M From: liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu [mailto:liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 6:05 AM To: liberationtech Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Airline Shutdown Because of Loss of Internet Service? One thing that comes to mind right away is that more & more companies are replacing private-circuit based WANs by Internet-VPNs, & thus, when the Internet is down, their "network" is down; even more, if they depend on any SaaS (from Salesforce.com for CRM to Maximo for Asset management), or, in general, XaaS (AWS, Rackspace, etc.), for critical business systems, a fast-growing trend, the Internet is their "backbone." On Jun 6, 2013 2:45 AM, "michael gurstein" <gurst...@gmail.com> wrote: This is probably not a Liberation issue directly but I'm not sure where else to address it... Sunday I was flying (Porter Airlines--small short hop Canadian carrier) from NYC to Ottawa, ON with a plane change in Toronto. When we arrived in Toronto we were informed that "because the Internet was down" planes were not able to land or depart. The company's service was completely shut down for roughly 4 hours until the "Internet service" was restored (presumably by their ISP). I understand that other airlines have had similar experiences recently. My question... how exactly is Internet service so intertwined with flight operations that service can function only if the Internet is operational? (And I guess the Liberation angle... if this is now pervasive for all airlines what is the hackable element of all this and where are the points of vulnerability etc.etc.? M -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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