Yeah good point Chris …. Got thinking about this too much from an IP perspective :)
> On Aug 16, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Christopher Morrell > <christopher.morrell.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let’s not forget that all POTS and cell service was offline during the outage > - even for local and 911 service. > > There is some high level of dependence on some equipment in Quebec and/or > westward which should not be there. > > A double fault like that should not knock out all local service for 4 out of > 10 provinces. I would expect that an architectural review is under way. > > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 16:14 Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org > <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org>> wrote: > It wasn’t an issue getting transatlantic - it was an issue within a > relatively small region in Eastern Canada talking to the rest of the world > for certain carriers. There were several smaller carriers/providers not > affected - just happens the local incumbent telco and one of their larger > competitors got knocked out … > > > > On Aug 15, 2017, at 3:52 PM, Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net > > <mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net>> wrote: > > > > > >> On Aug 15, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com > >> <mailto:rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Did we ever get any resolution on why this was such a big outage? Appears > >> there were two fiber cuts. Were the fibers damaged in the same conduit? Is > >> this a collapsed ring scenario? > >> > >> > >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/concerns-about-backup-bell-outage-1.4239064 > >> > >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/concerns-about-backup-bell-outage-1.4239064> > > > > Perhaps some transatlantic fallback? It looks like the only cable out > > there is the Greenland one.. guessing that’s not very competitive? It only > > gets you to Iceland it seems. > > > > - Jared >
