Ah yes, the backhoe incident. After the smell of diesel fumes had cleared away and the IT manager got done cussing the operator, BellSouth had someone on the scene to repair the two main trunks that were severed in the process. Not only did everyone within 12 city blocks lose their Internet, but most of them also lost their phone service, as AT&T had recently just converted everything over from copper to fiber.
The moral of the story is, When one digs too deep, one often ends up in a pile of sh*t. Jim P.S. No phone/Internet for three days, I think it was. Doubtful that having two Comcast feeds would withstand a backhoe, natural disaster, or equipment failure. Once your feed leaves the main trunk, it is still subject to whatever may happen in the line between there and your house. Comcast still uses cable, which if I'm not wrong still uses the terminating ends like the old 10 base-T "thicknet." On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Daniel Owen wrote: > I think I remember Chris saying that he had multiple Comcast connections > maybe this is true for other people on the list as well. If you have multiple > Comcast Internet connections, in your experience not withstanding a backhoe > incident when one connection goes down does the other Comcast connection > typically stay up or do they typically go down in unison? I'm looking for > redundancy options and I'm trying to figure out if multiple Comcast > connections buys me anything beyond bandwidth. I already have Internet > through a couple of phone carriers and I am hoping for something that can > bring in a fast connection for less outlay than metro-e or bonded Ts. > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
